F. William Mauldin;F. William Mauldin, Jr.;Francesco Viola;William F. Walker; Jr.
发明人:
F. William Mauldin, Jr.,Francesco Viola,William F. Walker
申请号：
US13574738
公开号：
US09579120B2
申请日:
2011.01.28
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
A hand-held apparatus can be used to assist in guiding a probe or locating a particular anatomical target in a subject. The apparatus can include an ultrasonic transducer located on or within a housing and configured to generate ultrasonic energy directed into tissue of a subject and configured to receive a portion of the ultrasonic energy reflected by a target located within the tissue. In an example, the apparatus can include a motion tracking circuit configured to provide information indicative of a motion of the hand-held apparatus to the processor circuit, and a display configured to present information about a location of the target with respect to a portion of the hand-held apparatus, the information about the location determined by the processor circuit using the obtained information indicative of the ultrasonic energy reflected by the target and the information indicative of the motion of the hand-held apparatus.
