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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Esaote S.p.a., Genoa, IT;
Stefano De Beni, Genoa, IT;
Esaote S.p.A., Genoa, IT;
Abstract
A system for acquiring ultrasound diagnostic images is provided that has an ultrasound imaging device and a probe tracking system. The ultrasound imaging device has: a probe provided with one or more electroacoustic transducers; a unit transmitting an ultrasonic beam through the transducers within a body under examination; and a unit receiving and processing ultrasound signals received from the transducers for generating real-time images. The a probe tracking system has probe detecting sensors and a processing unit for calculating the probe position and/or the probe orientation and/or the probe displacement from the data provided by the probe detecting sensors At least the processing unit of the probe tracking unit is a physically separated unit from the ultrasound imaging device and said ultrasound imaging device and said probe tracking system communicate by means of a short-range wireless communication protocol being provided respectively with a corresponding transmitting and/or receiving communication unit.