Transducer orientation marker
AssigneeB-K Medical Aps
InventorsJohn J. ANTOL, Niels-Christian SASADY, Henrik JENSEN
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Abstract
An imaging system comprises an ultrasounds probe (102) including a housing (108) with a probe orientation marker (116) disposed on the housing. The imaging system further comprises a display (132). The imaging system further comprises a console (104), electrically interfaced with the probe and the display, that includes a controller (128). The controller is configured to visually present an ultrasound image, in electronic format and via the display, with an image orientation marker visually displayed superimposed over the image and selectively located with respect to the displayed image based on the location of the probe orientation marker on the housing.
Claims22
An imaging system, comprising:
- an ultrasounds probe including a housing with a probe orientation marker disposed on the housing;
- a display;
- and
- a console, electrically interfaced with the probe and the display, that includes a controller configured to visually present an ultrasound image, in electronic format and via the display, with an image orientation marker visually displayed superimposed over the image and selectively located with respect to the displayed image based on the location of the probe orientation marker on the housing.
A method, further comprising:
- receiving a signal indicating an orientation of an ultrasound probe;
- identifying, with a processor, the orientation of the ultrasound probe from the signal;
- visually displaying, via a display, an ultrasound image generated with data detected by an array of transducer elements of the ultrasound probe;
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- overlaying, with the processor, a graphic over the displayed image, wherein the graphic mimics a graphic on the probe and indicates an image plane and orientation of the displayed image with respect to an image plane and orientation of the ultrasound probe.
An ultrasounds probe, comprising:
- a transducer array with a plurality of transducer elements;
- a housing that supports the transducer array, wherein the housing includes an outer surface;
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- a probe orientation marker embedded in the outer surface,
- wherein the probe orientation marker identifies an imaging plane and a spatial orientation of the transducer array within the ultrasounds probe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.