Patent ID: 9572549
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01S

Claim:
1. A method of calibrating an ultrasound probe, comprising the steps of: securing an ultrasound probe containing a first array and a second array in a consistent position to image a phantom, each of the first and second arrays having a plurality of transducer elements; retrieving first transducer element position data explicitly defining a position of each transducer element of the first array relative to a common coordinate system; imaging the phantom with the first array to obtain a reference image, wherein imaging is dependent on the first transducer element position data; retrieving second transducer element position data explicitly defining a position of each transducer element of the second array relative to the common coordinate system; imaging the phantom with the second array to obtain a test image, wherein imaging is dependent on the second position data; quantifying a first error between the reference image and the test image; and iteratively optimizing the second transducer element position data until the first error is at a minimum.