Apparatus And Method For Imaging A Medical Instrument

Abstract

An ultrasound imaging and medical instrument guiding apparatus comprises: a first ultrasound probe configured to acquire a first volumetric dataset representing a 3-D image of a first volume; a second ultrasound probe configured to acquire a second volumetric dataset representing a 3-D image of a second volume; a mount to which the first and second probes are mounted, and a medical instrument guide. The first and second probes are located on the mount such that the first and second volumes overlap to form an overlapping volume. The medical instrument guide is positionable relative to the first and second ultrasound probes and is configured to receive and guide a medical instrument along a propagation axis to a target such that the target and the propagation axis intersect the overlapping volume.

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