Patent ID: 6120453
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A61B,G01S,Y10S

Abstract:
An ultrasound system for imaging an object including:a first probe having at least one first ultrasound transducer for at least producing two-dimensional scan data of said object for imaging;a second probe having at least one second ultrasound transducer for receiving ultrasound signals from said first probe and for producing two-dimensional scan data of said object for imaging; andcontrol unit means operably connected to at least said at least one second ultrasound transducer of said second probe fordetermining the position of said at least one first transducer of said first probe relative to the position of said at least one second ultrasound transducer of said second probe, and fordetermining, from said position of said at least one first transducer of said first probe relative to the position of said at least one second ultrasound transducer of said second probe, the position of said object relative to the position of said at least one second ultrasound transducer of said second probe.