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Patent No.:

US 9538982 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Brian W. Anthony, Cambridge, MA (US);

Shih-Yu Sun, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/13 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/4263 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasound scanning system includes a graphical user interface that provides visually intuitive feedback to a user to assist the user in properly aligning an ultrasound scanner to a desired acquisition state. In addition to providing pose information, the feedback may direct the user as to a target contact force applied by the ultrasound scanner to a surface undergoing a scan.


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