P2C-1 A Training Station to Facilitate Transcranial Ultrasound Imaging

Ultrasound images of the brain, usually obtained from transcranial scans, are difficult to be interpreted for inexperienced users. We present a newly developed training station, designed to assist physicians at this task. This training station works as a real time anatomic atlas and is an add-on system to a conventional ultrasound scanner. The transducer of the ultrasound system is tracked by a positioning system. In addition to the current ultrasound image of a patient or test person, corresponding images from previously acquired MRI and ultrasound volume data sets are shown.