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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
Bk Medical Holding Company, Inc., Peabody, MA (US);
Laurent Pelissier, North Vancouver, CA;
Kris Dickie, Vancouver, CA;
Bo Zhuang, New Westminister, CA;
BK Medical Holding Company, Inc., Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
A method includes transitioning, via a micro-processor, an ultrasound imaging system () running in a first mode (), in which a first location and a first orientation of an elongate needle () of an instrument () at a surface () of an object () is determined based on a first signal from a tracking device () at least on the instrument, to a second different mode, in which a second location and a second orientation of the needle within the object is determined based on an ultrasound image representing the object, in response to determining the needle penetrated the surface of the object, wherein a beam steering angle with which the ultrasound image is acquired is determined based on the first location and the first orientation of the needle, and displaying the ultrasound image.