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US 2007/0167705 A1Published application
Integrated ultrasound imaging system
OwnerAlice Chiang, Albert Kyle +1inventors
InventorsAlice Chiang, Albert Kyle, Michael Brodsky
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods for performing integrated ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging procedures on a patient. An ultrasound probe is used within an MRI system to provide both imaging modalities for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
Claims52
A medical imaging system comprising:
- an ultrasound imaging system;
- a magnetic resonance imaging system;
- and
- a controller connected to the ultrasound imaging system and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the controller actuating synchronized acquisition of an ultrasound image and an MRI image.
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A method for imaging a regional interest comprising:
- positioning a transducer probe relative to a subject, the transducer probe being connected to an ultrasound imaging system;
- positioning the subject and the transducer probe within a coil assembly of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system;
- and
- obtaining an ultrasound image and an MRI image of a region of interest within the subject using a controller connected to the ultrasound imaging system and the magnetic resonance imaging system.
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A method of registering ultrasound and magnetic resonance images comprising
- registering an ultrasound image with a magnetic resonance (MR) image;
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- overlaying the ultrasound image and the MR image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.