Abstract: Methods and systems for remotely controlling an ICE ultrasound system are described. In an example, a method can include displaying a GUI on a screen of a remote control device coupled to an ICE ultrasonic handheld device containing a real-time ultrasonic image, mirroring the GUI on a separate display monitor, receiving a first touch input and displaying a remote control interactive menu overlaid on the ultrasonic image, wherein the first touch input corresponds to a selection of a control of a parameter, receiving a second touch input on the screen and displaying the remote control interactive menu, wherein the second touch input corresponds to an adjustment of the selected parameter, updating the ultrasonic image on the remote control device and display monitor according to the selected and adjusted remote control parameter, wherein the system comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for reducing a comet tail aberration in an image of an ablation catheter. In one example, the method includes receiving ICE images depicting the ablation catheter tip and an area proximate to the ablation catheter tip; automatically determining, by the computer system, a location of the tip of the ablation catheter in the received ICE images; automatically determining, by the computer system, the presence of a comet tail aberration in a region of interest (ROI) near the ablation catheter tip in the received ICE images; and in response to determining the aberration is present in the ROI, automatically changing, by the computer system, an imaging characteristic of the ICE imaging system to affect the appearance of the aberration in the ROI in subsequent images generated by the ICE imaging system using the changed imaging characteristic.