Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Asml Netherlands B.v.

Paul Antoon Cyriel Desmedt

Patricius Aloysius Jacobus Tinnemans

Peter Maria Johannes Rongen

Kai Eck

Steven Lobregt

Herman Stegehuis

Minne Cuperus

Cornelis Pieter Visser

Hubrecht Lambertus Tjalling De Bliek

Geert Gijsbers

Wiro Joep Niessen

Jörg Bredno

Shirley Antoinette Maurice Baert

Henk Cornelis Willem Donker

A method of relating medical data image viewing planes to each other is provided. The method comprises defining at least two non-orthogonal two-dimensional (2D) image viewing planes in at least one three-dimensional (3D) medical image data set, and linking said 2D image viewing planes with a fixed relation to each other, such that when a first of said 2D image viewing planes is altered, the remaining 2D image viewing planes are automatically changed by said fixed relation with reference to said first 2D image viewing plane.

Method and device for relating medical 3D data image viewing planes to each other

A device manufacturing method comprising applying patterns to a plurality of arrays of individually controllable elements, such that they modulate a beam of radiation, and projecting the modulated beam of radiation onto a substrate. The patterns applied to the arrays of individually controllable elements are arranged such that pre-determined amounts of background radiation are included in the modulated beam of radiation. The pre-determined amounts of background radiation being different for different locations on the arrays.

Uniform background radiation in maskless lithography

Images of static vascular maps (B), which were taken at different phases of the cardiac cycle and/or the respiratory cycle and were archived in a memory (), are superimposed on a current image (A) of a catheter () in the vascular system (). In the method, a defined section of a map image (B) around the estimated actual position of the catheter is selected and is displayed superimposed on the current image (A) on a monitor (). The map image (B) used for this is preferably selected by an electrocardiogram to match the particular cardiac cycle. The position of the catheter relative to the map image (B) is estimated using a distance image (D).

Device and method for combining two images

Apparatus for navigating an instrument through an anatomical structure of a patient's body volume, comprising a table for supporting the patient and at least a first C-arm having a first X-ray source and a first X-ray detector for acquiring a first series of 2D-images of the instrument while maneuvering through said anatomical structure, and further comprising a processing unit for the images which unit connects to a memory device, whereby the memory device holds pre-determined 3D-images of the patient's anatomical structure, and the processing unit is arranged for processing the 2D-images of the instrument and the 3D-images of the anatomical structure so as to provide merged 3D-images of the instrument that in use maneuvers through said anatomical structure.

Apparatus and method for navigating an instrument through an anatomical structure

The invention relates to a method of determining at least one contour of a left and/or right ventricle of a heart from at least one image of the heart, for example, an image as acquired by means of MR imaging, in which there are determined start parameters which are subsequently optimized by means of an iteration procedure so as to form final parameters which define the contour, the iteration being carried out with predetermined step sizes for the parameters as well as with a predetermined number of steps, where in each iteration step and for each parameter setting individually:

Method of determining at least one contour of a left and/or right ventricle of a heart

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Paul Antoon Cyriel Desmedt