Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon,William Tao Shi,Jean-Luc Robert,Ameet Kumar Jain,Luis Felipe Gutierrez
申请号：
US13643374
公开号：
US20130041252A1
申请日:
2011.04.20
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
In one aspect, an ultrasound receive beamformer (212) is configured for one-way only beamforming (112) 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.
