Hui Jiang

US Patent:

20100268085, Oct 21, 2010

Filed:

Nov 13, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/742255

Inventors:

Jochen Kruecker - Washington DC, US
Sheng Xu - Rockville MD, US
Hui Jiang - Issaquah WA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. - EINDHOVEN

International Classification:

A61B 8/14

US Classification:

600443

Abstract:

A method for interventional navigation using 3D contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging () includes acquiring a reference 3D CEUS volume and tracking information for a desired portion of an anatomy () subject to an interventional procedure with an instrument (), during a useful lifetime of a contrast enhancement agent administered to the anatomy. Real-time tracked tissue images () are acquired during the interventional procedure. In addition, a corresponding CEUS multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) () for at least one of the acquired real-time tracked tissue images is generated. At least one of the acquired real-time tracked tissue images is displayed () along with the corresponding CEUS MPR. The displayed real-time tracked tissue image includes at least an image of the instrument within the desired portion of the anatomy and the CEUS MPR corresponds to the displayed real-time tracked tissue image. The CEUS MPR image includes a contrast enhanced MPR image obtained from the reference 3D CEUS volume and includes a target volume of interest (), thereby providing a concurrent display of contrast enhanced image information and tissue image information useful for the interventional navigation at least subsequent to the expiration of the contrast enhancement useful lifetime.