METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR COMPLETE EXAMINATION OF TISSUE WITH HAND-HELD IMAGING DEVICES HAVING MOUNTED CAMERAS

摘要

A scan completeness auditing system for use with an imaging console in screening a volume of tissue comprising a position tracking system configured to track and record a position of a manual imaging probe. The position tracking system comprises a plurality of cameras adapted to couple to the manual imaging probe and configured to provide position data for the manual imaging probe. The scan completeness auditing system includes a receiver comprising a controller-configured to electronically receive position data for the manual ultrasonic imaging probe from the position tracking system and to electronically receive and record a first scan sequence comprising a first set of scanned images representing cross-sections of the tissue from the manual imaging probe. The controller can be configured to compute an image-to-image spacing between successive images within the first scan sequence and to determine whether the computed image-to-image spacing exceeds a maximum limit. An alert when the computed image-to-image spacing exceeds the maximum limit.