Apparatus for ultrasound scanning
AssigneeVexev Pty Ltd
InventorsEamonn Stuart COLLEY, John Eric CARROLL, Kyle James FORSTER
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Abstract
Disclosed is a robotic ultrasound system comprising an ultrasound probe and a transport mechanism for moving the ultrasound probe in at least one direction. The robotic ultrasound system also comprises a scanning bed comprising the transport mechanism and the ultrasound probe, the scanning bed having a fluid filled portion for the ultrasound probe, wherein a fluid of the fluid filled portion allows transmission of ultrasound waves from the ultrasound probe to a surface of the robotic ultrasound system.
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A robotic ultrasound system comprising:
- an ultrasound probe;
- a transport mechanism having a plurality of motors for moving the ultrasound probe in at least one direction;
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- a scanning bed comprising the transport mechanism and the ultrasound probe, the scanning bed having a fluid filled portion containing the plurality of motors and the ultrasound probe, wherein a fluid of the fluid filled portion allows transmission of ultrasound waves from the ultrasound probe to a surface of the robotic ultrasound system.
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A method of performing an ultrasound scan using a robotic ultrasound system, the method comprising:
- initiating a scan of an anatomic region of interest from a robotic ultrasound system controller of a robotic ultrasound system comprising:
- an ultrasound probe;
- a transport mechanism having a plurality of motors for moving the ultrasound probe in at least one direction;
- and
- a scanning bed comprising the transport mechanism and the ultrasound probe, the scanning bed having a fluid filled portion containing the plurality of motors and the ultrasound probe, wherein a fluid of the fluid filled portion allows transmission of ultrasound waves from the ultrasound probe to a surface of the robotic ultrasound system, the scanning bed further comprising a housing and a flexible portion on which an anatomic region of interest of a patient may be placed for scanning by the robotic ultrasound system, the flexible portion being in contact with the fluid of the fluid filled portion;
- calibrating the robotic ultrasound system;
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- collecting data for a length of a scannable volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.