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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Christian Perrey, Mondsee, AT;
Arthur Gritzky, Pollham, AT;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/5238 (2013.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10136 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system and method includes accessing a graphical model of a representative patient, accessing a medical image of an anatomical structure, and registering the medical image with the graphical model to generate a composite image. The imaging system and method includes displaying the composite image and simultaneously displaying an unregistered medical image of the anatomical structure with the composite image. The unregistered medical image has at least one of a higher resolution and a larger form factor than the registered medical image.