CA2238184A1 - Three-dimensional imaging system - Google Patents

Three-dimensional imaging system

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CA2238184A1
CA2238184A1 CA002238184A CA2238184A CA2238184A1 CA 2238184 A1 CA2238184 A1 CA 2238184A1 CA 002238184 A CA002238184 A CA 002238184A CA 2238184 A CA2238184 A CA 2238184A CA 2238184 A1 CA2238184 A1 CA 2238184A1
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Aaron Fenster
Shane Dunne
Janpeter T. Larsen
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Abstract

A three-dimensional ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe to direct ultrasound waves to and to receive reflected ultrasound waves from a target volume of a subject under examination. The ultrasound probe is swept over the target volume along a linear scanning path and the reflected ultrasound waves are conveyed to a computer wherein successive two-dimensional images of the target volume are digitized. The digitized two-dimensional images can be used to generate a three-dimensional image with virtually no delay. A
user interface allows a user to manipulate the displayed image. Specifically, the entire displayed image may be rotated about an arbitrary axis, a surface of the displayed image may be translated to provide different cross-sectional views of the image and a selected surface of the displayed image may be rotated about an arbitrary axis. All of these manipulations can be achieved via a single graphical input device such as a mouse connected to the computer.
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