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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Systems for measuring force and torque on ultrasound probe during imaging through strain measurement
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Amir Mohammed Tahmasebi Maraghoosh, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Mahmoudreza Sharifi, Croton on Hudson, NY (US);
Douglas Allen Stanton, Ossining, NY (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound system employs an ultrasound probe (), a strain sensor () and a workstation (). The ultrasound probe () includes an ultrasound transducer for acquiring ultrasound images () of an anatomical region. The strain sensor () is arranged on the ultrasound probe () to measure a longitudinal strain applied by the anatomical region to the ultrasound probe () as the ultrasound transducer acquires ultrasound images () of the anatomical region. The strain sensor () encircles a longitudinal axis of the ultrasound probe () and is spaced from the ultrasound transducers relative to the longitudinal axis of the ultrasound probe (). The workstation () reconstructs an ultrasound volume () from the ultrasound images () acquired by ultrasound transducer, and responsive to the longitudinal strain measured by strain sensor (), determines an axial force and/ora bending force applied by the anatomical region to the ultrasound probe () as the ultrasound transducer acquires ultrasound images () of the anatomical region.