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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Stefan Holl, Voecklabruck, AT;
Stefan Denk, Ried, AT;
Thomas Holl, Mondsee, AT;
Bernd Arminger, Schwanenstadt, AT;
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5276 (2013.01); A61B 8/58 (2013.01); A61B 8/4245 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system and method includes acquiring motion data from a motion sensing system on a probe while acquiring ultrasound data with the probe. The system and method includes acquiring probe motion data with a motion sensing system, acquiring probe position data with a position sensing system and calculating a drift compensation using the probe motion data and the probe position data.