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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Cecile Dufour, Suresnes, FR;
Benoit Jean-Dominique Bertrand Maurice Mory, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Thomas Shu Yin Tang, Ontario, CA;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical imaging apparatus (). The apparatus comprises an ultrasound acquisition unit including an ultrasound probe () for acquiring ultrasound image data of a patient (). An image data interface () is provided for receiving 3D medical image data of the patient and a position determining unit () for determining a position of the ultrasound probe. A calibration unit () determines a transfer function between the ultrasound image data and the 3D medical image data at a plurality of positions (C) of the ultrasound probe and provides a corresponding plurality of calibrated transfer functions and calibration positions. A computation unit () synchronizes the ultrasound image data and the 3D medical image data on the basis of a position of the ultrasound probe and the plurality of calibrated transfer functions, said computation unit is further adapted to weight the calibrated transfer functions on the basis of a position of the ultrasound probe.