Patent ID: 8364242
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system to image an imaged subject, comprising: an ultrasound imaging system including an imaging probe operable to move internally and acquire ultrasound image data of the imaged subject during an ultrasound image acquisition interval, the imaging probe including a first marker and a second marker, the first marker having a first pattern and the second marker having a second pattern that is different than the first pattern; a fluoroscopic imaging system operable to acquire fluoroscopic image data of the imaged subject during the ultrasound image acquisition interval of the ultrasound imaging system; a controller in communication with the ultrasound imaging system and the fluoroscopic imaging system, the controller configured to automatically track a location of the image probe using information received from the first and second markers; and a display in communication with the controller, the display displaying during the ultrasound image acquisition interval, the ultrasound imaged data acquired with the imaging probe during the ultrasound image acquisition interval fused with the fluoroscopic imaging data acquired by the fluoroscopic imaging system during the ultrasound image acquisition interval.