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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1999
Thilaka S. Sumanaweera, San Jose, CA (US);
Mirsaid Bolorforosh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John A. Hossack, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Acuson Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to collect a 3-D volume of data using a generic 1-D ultrasound transducer, without using special fixtures, such as position tracking hardware. A 3-D volume is generated by performing two data collecting sweeps, or alternatively, by collecting data from a plurality of locator planes (non-coplanar intersecting planes) and performing one data collecting sweep or rotation. Lines of intersection are determined from intersecting planes of 2-D data sets collected from the 1-D ultrasound transducer. The 2-D data sets are assembled into a 3-D data set and scan converted in a 3-D grid for display.