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Method and system for registering ultrasound image in three-dimensional coordinate system

  • US 6,896,657 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2003
  • Issued: 05/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of imaging an internal anatomical structure, comprising:

  • acquiring ultrasound image data of the anatomical structure within a first coordinate system;

    determining a location of at least one ultrasound transducer within the first coordinate system;

    determining a location of the at least one ultrasound transducer within a second coordinate system;

    performing a transformation between the first and second coordinate systems based on the determined locations of the at least one ultrasound transducer within the respective first and second coordinate systems.

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