Wearable Medical Devices and Systems and Methods of Use Thereof

A system for medical imaging, comprising:

• a wearable device adapted to be positioned on a patient's target body region, the wearable device comprising:
• at least one ultrasound transducer configured to transmit acoustic signals into tissue and receive reflected echoes to generate first data indicative of subsurface vascular structures of the patient's target body region;
• at least one Doppler sensor configured to generate second data indicative of blood flow characteristics within blood vessels at the patient's target body region;
• a first communication unit in data communication with said at least one ultrasound transducer and said at least one Doppler sensor, wherein the first communication unit is configured to receive the first and second data for onward transmission;
• an augmented reality visualization device adapted to be head-worn by a caregiver, the augmented reality visualization device comprising:
• a screen configured to present augmented reality content within a field of view of the caregiver when worn;
• at least one camera configured to generate third data indicative of a scan of the patient's target body region prior to positioning of the wearable device on the target body region;
• a second communication unit configured to receive the first and second data from the first communication unit;
• a processor in data communication with said at least one camera, the second communication unit and at least one non-volatile memory for storing a plurality of programmatic instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive first, second and third data;
• process the third data to reconstruct a three-dimensional representation of an anatomical surface of the patient's target body region;
• generate fused data by merging the first and third data, wherein the fused data is indicative of a real-time three-dimensional vascular map aligned with the three-dimensional representation of the anatomical surface;
• and
• render the three-dimensional vascular map as an augmented reality overlay that is displayed on the patient's target body region via the display.