Apparatus and method for detecting an interventional tool

An apparatus that detects a tip of an interventional tool based on at least two ultrasound images reconstructed for different beam steering angles within a volumetric region that includes the tool. The apparatus includes an image processor. The image processor includes a tip detection module used to...

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Main Authors Kuenen, Maarten Petrus Joseph, Pourtaherian, Arash, Mihajlovic, Nenad
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.09.2023
Subjects
ACOUSTICS
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ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES
SURGERY
TESTING
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Summary:An apparatus that detects a tip of an interventional tool based on at least two ultrasound images reconstructed for different beam steering angles within a volumetric region that includes the tool. The apparatus includes an image processor. The image processor includes a tip detection module used to perform a tip tool detection procedure. The tip tool detection procedure involves identifying shadow regions of the tool in the at least two ultrasound images and determining the position of the tip of the tool within the volumetric region.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201716333884