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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Thierry Lefevre, Eindhoven, NL;
Pascal Yves Francois Cathier, Eindhoven, NL;
Cybele Ciofolo-Veit, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device () for positioning a marker () in a 3D ultrasonic image volume (), a system for positioning a marker () in a 3D ultrasonic image volume (), a method for positioning a marker () in a 3D ultrasonic image volume (), a computer program element for controlling such device () for performing such method and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The device () comprises an image provision unit (), a marker unit () and a display unit (). The image provision unit () is configured to provide a 3D ultrasonic image volume () showing an object (). The marker unit () is configured to position a marker () in the 3D ultrasonic image volume (). The display unit () is configured to display the 3D ultrasonic image volume () and the marker () in a first imaging view () in a first imaging plane and in a second imaging view () in a second, different imaging plane. The positioning of the marker () is limited to be on a projection line (). The first and the second imaging views are rotated relative to each other, so that the projection line () has a first angle relative to the first imaging plane and a second, different angle relative to the second imaging plane.