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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Shyam Bharat, Arlington, MA (US);
Antonio Bonillas Vaca, Best, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus () for calibrating electromagnetic (EM) tracking of an associated ultrasound probe () includes a calibration needle (), an EM tracking device including a field generator () and a reference EM sensor (), an EM sensor () on the ultrasound probe and on the calibration needle; at least one processor (); and a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions to perform a EM tracking calibration method including: determining a location of the calibration needle in an ultrasound imaging space at a measurement time using the ultrasound probe; determining an EM-tracked location of the calibration needle at the measurement time; and generating a registration relating the location of the calibration needle in the ultrasound imaging space and the EM-tracked location of the calibration needle at the measurement time.
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