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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Dong Gyu Hyun, Gwangju-si, KR;
Jong Beom Ra, Daejeon, KR;
Duhgoon Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Woo Hyun Nam, Busan, KR;
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Hongcheon-Gun, KR;
Abstract
A medical imaging apparatus includes an ultrasound probe to transmit and receive an ultrasound signal to obtain an ultrasound image of an object; a sensor coupled to the ultrasound probe to provide a position information related to an ultrasound imaging position in the object; and a processor to extract a certain anatomical feature from the ultrasound image and the certain anatomical feature from a medical image of the object acquired by an imaging modality different from an ultrasound apparatus, perform a first registration between the medical image and the ultrasound image based on the certain anatomical feature, perform a second registration between the sensor and the medical image based on the position information and the first registration, and control a display to display a portion of the medical image corresponding to the ultrasound imaging position based on the second registration.