Abstract: During acquisition of ultrasound data in a medical imaging procedure, three-dimensional model of a structure being imaged, e.g., an electroanatomical map, is co-displayed and visually marked, to indicate progress of data acquisition. The plane of intersection successive two-dimensional images are marked on the as a line or colored region on the three-dimensional model. This display enables the operator to determine regions where sufficient data have been captured, and guides the operator to areas where additional data collection is still needed. Various color schemes are used to indicate the relative sufficiency of data collection.

Abstract: During acquisition of ultrasound data in a medical imaging procedure, three-dimensional model of a structure being imaged, e.g., an electroanatomical map, is co-displayed and visually marked, to indicate progress of data acquisition. The plane of intersection successive two-dimensional images are marked on the as a line or colored region on the three-dimensional model. This display enables the operator to determine regions where sufficient data have been captured, and guides the operator to areas where additional data collection is still needed. Various color schemes are used to indicate the relative sufficiency of data collection.

Abstract: A computer software product for modeling of an anatomical structure includes a computer-readable medium, in which program instructions are stored, and which instructions, when read by the computer, cause the computer to acquire a plurality of ultrasonic images of the anatomical structure using an ultrasonic sensor, at a respective plurality of spatial positions of the ultrasonic sensor in order to measure location and orientation coordinates of the ultrasonic sensor at each of the plurality of spatial positions. The software product is used to receive a manual input marking contours-of-interest that refer to features of the anatomical structure in one or more of the ultrasonic images and to construct a 3-D model of the anatomical structure based on the contours-of-interest and on the measured location and orientation coordinates.

Abstract: A method for modeling of an anatomical structure includes acquiring a plurality of ultrasonic images of the anatomical structure using an ultrasonic sensor, at a respective plurality of spatial positions of the ultrasonic sensor. Location and orientation coordinates of the ultrasonic sensor are measured at each of the plurality of spatial positions. Contours-of-interest that refer to features of the anatomical structure are marked in one or more of the ultrasonic images. A three-dimensional (3-D) model of the anatomical structure is constructed, based on the contours-of-interest and on the measured location and orientation coordinates.