Patent Document ID: 9782151
Application ID: 15276027
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; a memory to store a medical image of the object acquired by an imaging modality different from an ultrasound apparatus; and a processor to extract a certain anatomical feature from the ultrasound image and the certain anatomical feature from the 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 the second registration, wherein the processor performs the first registration by matching one or more points of the certain anatomical feature in the ultrasound image and one or more points of the certain anatomical feature in the medical image.