A review of calibration techniques for freehand 3-D ultrasound systems

L Mercier, T Langø, F Lindseth, DL Collins - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2005 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional (3-D) ultrasound (US) is an emerging new technology with numerous
clinical applications. Ultrasound probe calibration is an obligatory step to build 3-D volumes …

Freehand 3D ultrasound calibration: a review

PW Hsu, RW Prager, AH Gee, GM Treece - Advanced imaging in biology …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Freehand three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound is a technique for acquiring 3D
ultrasound data by measuring the trajectory of a conventional 2D ultrasound probe as a …

Tool position and identification indicator displayed in a boundary area of a computer display screen

DQ Larkin, TR Nixon, DS Mintz - US Patent 9,718,190, 2017 - Google Patents
An endoscope captures images of a Surgical site for display in a viewing area of a monitor.
When a tool is outside the viewing area, a GUI indicates the position of the tool by …

Systems and methods for interactive user interfaces for robotic minimally invasive surgical systems

SP DiMaio, CJ Hasser, RH Taylor, DQ Larkin… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
In one embodiment of the invention, a method for a mini mally invasive surgical system is
disclosed. The method includes capturing and displaying camera images of a sur gical site …

Method and system for moving a plurality of articulated instruments in tandem back towards an entry guide

N Diolaiti - US Patent 9,138,129, 2015 - Google Patents
A medical robotic system includes articulated instruments extending out of a distal end of an
entry guide. Prior to pivoting the entry guide to re-orient it and the instruments, the …

Medical robotic system with coupled control modes

N Diolaiti, DQ Larkin, CJ Mohr - US Patent 9,333,042, 2016 - Google Patents
In a coupled control mode, the Surgeon directly controls movement of an associated slave
manipulator with an input device while indirectly controlling movement of one or more non …

Medical robotic system providing an auxiliary view of articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide

T Mustufa, N Diolaiti, DQ Larkin - US Patent 10,258,425, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with surgical tools and a
camera extending out of its distal end. To supplement the view provided by an image …

Synthetic representation of a surgical robot

BD Itkowitz, DJ Halabe, T Zhao, S Dimaio… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
34/20 (2016. 02); A61B 34/25 (2016. 02); A61B 90/361 (2016. 02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.
02); A61B 2090/371 (2016. 02); G05B 2219/36432 (2013. 01); G05B 2219/39083 (2013 …

Rendering tool information as graphic overlays on displayed images of tools

BD Itkowitz, DJ Halabe, T Zhao, SP DiMaio… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
An operator telerobotically controls tools to perform a procedure on an object at a work site
while viewing real-time images of the work site on a display. Tool information is provided in …

Medical robotic system providing an auxilary view including range of motion limitations for articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide

ME Tognaccini, DH Gomez, N Diolaiti… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with Surgical tools and a
camera extending out of its distal end. To Supplement the view provided by an image …