Patent Document ID: 9955951
Application ID: 14752165
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A medical imaging apparatus comprising: an ultrasound probe to transmit and receive an ultrasound signal to obtain an ultrasound image of an object; a sensor coupled to the ultrasound probe to provide a position information related to an ultrasound imaging position in the object; and a processor to extract a certain anatomical feature from the ultrasound image and the certain anatomical feature from a medical image, perform a first registration between the medical image and the ultrasound image based on the certain anatomical feature, perform a second registration between the sensor and the medical image based on the position information and the first registration, and control a display to display a portion of the medical image corresponding to the ultrasound imaging position based on at least one of the first registration and the second registration, wherein the processor performs the first registration by matching the certain anatomical feature in the ultrasound image the certain anatomical feature in the medical image.