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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Zoran Banjanin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher J. Sanders, Redmond, WA (US);
Zoran Banjanin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher J. Sanders, Redmond, WA (US);
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The embodiments of the tracking device for the ultrasound imaging diagnostic apparatus include a predetermined combination of an ultrasound probe, an operator and a patient to be tracked, a space measuring device for measuring at least distance and angle of the probe based upon emitted electromagnetic radiation that is emitted towards the probe and reflected electromagnetic radiation that is reflected from the probe; and a processing device connected to the space measuring device for determining a change in distance and angle of the probe in space based upon on the emitted electromagnetic radiation and the reflected electromagnetic radiation. The space measuring device is used to track movement in a combination of a probe, a patient and an operator.
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