Ultrasound Computed Tomography is a system of devices that reconstructs a series of 2 dimensional ultrasound images into a 3 dimensional computed tomographic model of an object by cataloguing ultrasound image frames according to the ultrasound probes position in 3 dimensional space at the time of image capture. Capturing the position and orientation of an ultrasound probe at the time of image frame acquisition allows for appropriate placement of each 2 dimensional ultrasound image within a 3 dimensional computed tomographic workspace. Also subject of this patent is creation of a coherent 3 dimensional model of a body or body part through an algorithmic selection and weighting system to reconcile overlapping regions of ultrasound images captured from different positions. Additionally a system for acquisition of transmission based ultrasound images, made possible by positional cataloguing, is delineated.
