Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV Files Patent Application for Automatic Positioning of Imaging Plane in Ultrasonic Imaging

According to the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, "The invention is directed to a method for ultrasonic imaging in which two-dimensional images (10 11) are acquired one of which is aligned with a longitudinal direction of an interventional object (e.g. a needle) (13) to...

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Published inIndian Patents News
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd 22.01.2015
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Electronics industry
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Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:According to the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, "The invention is directed to a method for ultrasonic imaging in which two-dimensional images (10 11) are acquired one of which is aligned with a longitudinal direction of an interventional object (e.g. a needle) (13) to be moved towards a target area (7) within a subject of examination and the other one is intersecting the longitudinal direction of the interventional object (13) and automatically positioned dependent on the automatically determined position and orientation of the interventional object (13).