Qinglin Ma,Paul Dunham,Nikolaos Pagoulatos,James M. Gilmore,Lee D. Dunbar,Kyle S. Johnston
申请号：
US13648244
公开号：
US20130035590A1
申请日:
2012.10.09
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Systems and methods which facilitate the correct placement of an instrument internal to an object aided by an overlay superimposed on an image are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments facilitate placement of a needle tip within a patients body using on overlay superimposed on a sonographic image. A superimposed overlay of embodiments is created by monitoring a fixed point of an external portion of the instrument in relation to an imaging transducer. Superimposed overlays provided according to embodiments provide one or more graphical target designator and one or more graphical instrument designator which, when controlled to be disposed in a predetermined position, indicate proper placement of the instrument.
