Medical diagnostic ultrasonic transducer probe and imaging system for use with a position and orientation sensor
First Claim
1. For use with a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system, an ultrasonic transducer probe comprising:
- a position and orientation sensor; and
a memory device comprising calibration data for the position and orientation sensor, wherein the memory device is adapted to provide the calibration data to a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system coupled with the ultrasonic transducer probe.
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Abstract
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a medical diagnostic ultrasonic transducer probe and imaging system for use with a position and orientation sensor. In one preferred embodiment, an ultrasonic transducer probe comprises a position and orientation sensor and a memory device comprising calibration data for the position and orientation sensor. The memory device is adapted to provide the calibration data to a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system coupled with the ultrasonic transducer probe. In another preferred embodiment, a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system comprises a memory device comprising a plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data. Each of the plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data is associated with a respective ultrasonic transducer probe family. In operation, identification of a probe family of an ultrasonic transducer probe is provided to the ultrasound system. The ultrasound system then selects the position and orientation sensor calibration data corresponding to the identified probe family.
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31 Claims
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1. For use with a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system, an ultrasonic transducer probe comprising:
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a position and orientation sensor; and
a memory device comprising calibration data for the position and orientation sensor, wherein the memory device is adapted to provide the calibration data to a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system coupled with the ultrasonic transducer probe. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 23, 24)
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2. In a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system coupled with an ultrasonic transducer probe comprising a position and orientation sensor, a method of providing position and orientation sensor calibration data to the medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system, the method comprising:
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(a) providing an ultrasonic transducer probe comprising a position and orientation sensor and a memory device comprising calibration data for the position and orientation sensor;
(b) coupling the ultrasonic transducer probe with a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system; and
(c) providing the calibration data to the medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system from the memory device of the ultrasonic transducer probe. - View Dependent Claims (26)
(d) acquiring, with the ultrasonic transducer probe and position and orientation sensor, a plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images with position and orientation data; and
(e) forming a three-dimensional reconstruction of said plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images.
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3. A medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system comprising:
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a memory device comprising a plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data, each of said plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data being associated with a respective ultrasonic transducer probe family; and
an ultrasonic transducer probe associated with an ultrasonic transducer probe family, the ultrasonic transducer probe comprising;
a position and orientation sensor; and
a probe family identifier identifying the ultrasonic transducer probe family;
wherein the medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system selects the position and orientation sensor calibration data corresponding to the ultrasonic transducer probe family identified by the probe family identifier. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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4. In a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system coupled with an ultrasonic transducer probe comprising a position and orientation sensor, a method of selecting position and orientation sensor calibration data, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system comprising a memory device comprising a plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data, each of said plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data being associated with a respective ultrasonic transducer probe family;
(b) providing the medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system with an identification of an ultrasonic transducer probe family of an ultrasonic transducer probe coupled with the medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system; and
(c) selecting the position and orientation calibration data associated with the ultrasonic transducer probe family of the ultrasonic transducer probe. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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12. A method for manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer probe adapted for use with a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system, the method comprising:
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(a) based on predetermined position and orientation sensor calibration data, determining a location on an ultrasonic transducer probe for a position and orientation sensor;
(b) determining a location of a locating feature on the ultrasonic transducer probe, the locating feature adapted to locate the position and orientation sensor at the location determined in (a); and
(c) manufacturing the ultrasonic transducer probe with the locating feature at the location determined in (b);
whereby the locating feature allows the position and orientation sensor to be attached to the ultrasonic transducer probe without subsequent position-and-orientation calibration. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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