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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Cambridge, MA (US);
William Tao Shi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jean-Luc Robert, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ameet Kumar Jain, Cambridge, MA (US);
Luis Felipe Gutierrez, Cambridge, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In one aspect, an ultrasound receive beamformer is configured for one-way only beamforming of transmissive ultrasound using one-way delays. The receive beamforming in some embodiments is used to track, in real time, a catheter, needle or other surgical tool within an image of a region of interest. The tool can have embedded at its tip a small ultrasound transmitter or receiver for transmitting or receiving the transmissive ultrasound. Optionally, additional transducers are fixed along the tool to provide the orientation of the tool.