公开(公告)号：US06338716B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-15

申请号：US09448129

申请日：1999-11-24

申请人： John A. Hossack ,  Douglas J. Gallinat ,  Timothy E. Petersen ,  Joseph J. Molinari ,  Sean C. Little

发明人： John A. Hossack ,  Douglas J. Gallinat ,  Timothy E. Petersen ,  Joseph J. Molinari ,  Sean C. Little

IPC分类号： A61B800

CPC分类号： A61B8/4438 ,  A61B8/0833 ,  A61B8/4254 ,  G01S7/5208 ,  G01S15/899

摘要： The preferred embodiments described herein provide a medical diagnostic ultrasonic transducer probe and imaging system for use with a position and orientation sensor. In one preferred embodiment, an ultrasonic transducer probe comprises a position and orientation sensor and a memory device comprising calibration data for the position and orientation sensor. The memory device is adapted to provide the calibration data to a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system coupled with the ultrasonic transducer probe. In another preferred embodiment, a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system comprises a memory device comprising a plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data. Each of the plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data is associated with a respective ultrasonic transducer probe family. In operation, identification of a probe family of an ultrasonic transducer probe is provided to the ultrasound system. The ultrasound system then selects the position and orientation sensor calibration data corresponding to the identified probe family.

摘要翻译： 本文所述的优选实施例提供了一种用于与位置和方向传感器一起使用的医疗诊断超声换能器探针和成像系统。 在一个优选实施例中，超声换能器探头包括位置和方位传感器以及包括位置和方位传感器的校准数据的存储器件。 存储器装置适于将校准数据提供给与超声波换能器探头耦合的医疗诊断超声成像系统。 在另一个优选实施例中，医疗诊断超声成像系统包括包括多个位置和方向传感器校准数据的存储器件。 多个位置和方向传感器校准数据中的每一个与相应的超声换能器探头系列相关联。 在操作中，将超声波换能器探针的探针系列的识别提供给超声系统。 然后，超声系统选择对应于所识别的探针系列的位置和方向传感器校准数据。

公开(公告)号：US6159150A

公开(公告)日：2000-12-12

申请号：US196207

申请日：1998-11-20

申请人： Kenneth R. Yale ,  Douglas J. Gallinat ,  Stefan J. A. Schmitz

发明人： Kenneth R. Yale ,  Douglas J. Gallinat ,  Stefan J. A. Schmitz

IPC分类号： A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/00

摘要： An ultrasonic imaging system includes an auxiliary processor that is connected to the imaging system by an open-standard, high-speed digital data channel. The system processor of the imaging system directs some processing tasks to the imaging system for execution in the conventional manner. Other processing tasks (often associated with computationally intensive applications) are automatically routed to the auxiliary processor for execution. The data channels between the system processor and the auxiliary processor allow high-speed exchange of live video information such that the identity of the processor performing a particular application is transparent to the user.

摘要翻译： 超声波成像系统包括通过开放标准的高速数字数据通道连接到成像系统的辅助处理器。 成像系统的系统处理器将一些处理任务引导到成像系统以便以常规方式执行。 其他处理任务（通常与计算密集型应用程序相关联）自动路由到辅助处理器执行。 系统处理器和辅助处理器之间的数据通道允许实时视频信息的高速交换，使得执行特定应用的处理器的身份对用户是透明的。