method for locating a secondary intercorporeal device, interbody ultrasound imaging system, and ultrasonic transducer

摘要

1/1 summary “method for locating a secondary intercorporeal device, intercorporate ultrasound imaging system, and ultrasonic transducer” systems and methods for locating and view devices using an intracorporeal ultrasound imaging system during a medical procedure. A primary intracorporeal ultrasound imaging probe is employed to scan a three-dimensional region by scanning, and to locate a secondary intercorporeal device having one or more ultrasonic signal transducers. Only ones. when an a-scan vector associated with the primary interbody ultrasound imaging device is directed to one or more of the secondary interbody device ultrasonic signal transducers, a A communication signal is transmitted from the secondary intercorporeal device to a control and processing system associated with the primary intercorporeal ultrasound imaging device via transmission. acoustic or non-acoustic transmission. Exemplary embodiments are provided in which acoustic communication may be employed within the imaging band, or in a separate communication band distinct from the audio band. communication. Various embodiments of dual-band single-cell ultrasound imaging transducer are described.