Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon,William Tao Shi,Jean-Luc Robert,Ameet Kumar Jain,Luis Felipe Gutierrez
申请号：
US14958355
公开号：
US09585628B2
申请日:
2015.12.03
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
In one aspect, an ultrasound receive beamformer is configured for one-way only beamforming of transmissive ultrasound using one-way delays. The receive beamforming in some embodiments is used to track, in real time, a catheter, needle or other surgical tool within an image of a region of interest. The tool can have embedded at its tip a small ultrasound transmitter or receiver for transmitting or receiving the transmissive ultrasound. Optionally, additional transducers are fixed along the tool to provide the orientation of the tool.
