AUTOMATED PROBE STEERING TO CLINICAL VIEWS USING ANNOTATIONS IN A FUSED IMAGE GUIDANCE SYSTEM

摘要

An imaging system includes an annotation device (154) configured to generate annotations in images of a first imaging modality or a second imaging modality. A registration module (115) is configured to fuse images of the first and second imaging modalities including the annotations. A robot guidance control system (156) is configured to guide a robot (144) in accordance with the annotations and a measured position of the robot to position and maintain an assigned view position in a fused image of the first and second imaging modalities.