SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING ANATOMY, LOCATING MEDICAL DEVICES, OR PLACING MEDICAL DEVICES

A medical device-placing system includes an ultrasound probe, a medical-device detector, a console, and an alternative-reality headset. The ultrasound probe is configured to emit ultrasound signals into a patient's limb and receive echoed ultrasound signals from the patient's limb. The medical-device detector is configured for placement about the patient's limb. The console is configured to transform the echoed ultrasound signals to produce ultrasound-image segments corresponding to anatomical structures of the patient's limb, as well as transform magnetic-sensor signals from the medical-device detector into location information for a magnetized medical device within the patient's limb. The alternative-reality headset includes a display screen through which a wearer of the alternative-reality headset can see the patient's limb. The display screen is configured to display over the patient's limb a virtual medical device per the location information for the medical device within objects of virtual anatomy corresponding to the ultrasound-image segments.