Lex J. Garbini,Wilko Gerwin Wilkening,Ricardo Espinosa
申请号：
US14608089
公开号：
US20150143688A1
申请日:
2015.01.28
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
A catheter is provided for medical ultrasound imaging that can be effectively used in combination with other imaging modalities to detect medical structures of interest as well as the catheter. Markers are added to the catheter with precision, which provides a means to merge the images from different modalities. Using a template, apertures for marker placement are formed in the catheter after creating the catheter housing. The ultrasound array may be used for accurate positioning of the template. Alternatively or additionally, a rigid insert with markers connects with the array. The insert holds the markers in place and may reduce artifacts in ultrasound scanning due to flexing of the array.
