Patent Document ID: 9717481
Application ID: 14761201
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: receiving location data from an electromagnetic tracking (EM) apparatus, the location data indicating a location of an EM sensor disposed with a surgical implement being tracked by the electromagnetic tracking apparatus within a region of interest within biological tissue, the location data indicating the location of the EM sensor within the region of interest with respect to an electromagnetic tracking coordinate frame employed by the electromagnetic tracking apparatus; transforming the location data from the electromagnetic tracking coordinate frame to an acoustic image coordinate frame employed by an acoustic imaging apparatus which is configured to employ an acoustic beam to generate acoustic image data for displaying acoustic images of the region of interest, where the acoustic image coordinate frame is different from the electromagnetic tracking coordinate frame; generating at least one command for the acoustic imaging apparatus based, in part, on the transformed location information, wherein the at least one command is configured to cause the acoustic imaging apparatus to focus the acoustic beam such that a focal zone of the acoustic beam is at the location of the EM sensor; and communicating the at least one command over a communication channel to the acoustic imaging apparatus.