Patent Document ID: 20110082363
Application ID: 12993854
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: providing a probe ( 75 ) with a deployable biopsy needle; acquiring diagnostic images of a target region ( 200 ) of a patient ( 20 ); registering a tracking system ( 100 ) with the diagnostic images; performing a biopsy procedure of the target region; obtaining ultrasound imaging of the target region during the biopsy procedure; acquiring tracking information for a location of at least one of the biopsy needle and the probe during the biopsy procedure; marking a biopsy site ( 500 ) for the biopsy procedure on the ultrasound imaging; and transforming the biopsy site from the ultrasound imaging to the diagnostic images based on the tracking information and the registration of the tracking system with the diagnostic images.