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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2023
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Axel Krieger, Alexandria, VA (US);
Thorsten Roger Fleiter, Baltimore, MD (US);
Lidia Al-Zogbi, Baltimore, MD (US);
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A system for and method of autonomously robotically acquiring an ultrasound image of an organ within a bony obstruction of a patient is presented. The techniques include acquiring an electronic three-dimensional patient-specific representation of the bony obstruction of the patient; obtaining an electronic representation of a target location in or on the organ within the bony obstruction of the patient; determining, automatically, position and orientation of an ultrasound probe to acquire an image of the target location; and directing, autonomously, and by a robot, the ultrasound probe on the patient to acquire the image of the target location based on the position and orientation.