Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Prasad Vagdargi

Paul Thienphrapa

Torre Michelle Bydlon

Aleksandra Popovic

Alvin Chen

Sean Joseph Kyne

William McNamara

A controller () for live annotation of interventional imagery includes a memory () that stores software instructions and a processor () that executes the software instructions. When executed by the processor (), the software instructions cause the controller () to implement a process that includes receiving (S) interventional imagery during an intraoperative intervention and automatically analyzing (S) the interventional imagery for detectable features. The process executed when the processor () executes the software instructions also includes detecting (S) a detectable feature and determining (S) at add an annotation to the interventional imagery for the detectable feature. The processor further includes identifying (S) a location for the annotation as an identified location in the interventional imagery and adding (S) the annotation to the interventional imagery at the identified location to correspond to the detectable feature. During the intraoperative intervention, a video is output (S) as video output based on interventional imagery and the annotation, including the annotation overlaid on the interventional imagery at the identified location.

Interactive endoscopy for intraoperative virtual annotation in vats and minimally invasive surgery

Various embodiments of the present disclosure encompass a visual endoscopic guidance device employing an endoscopic viewing controller () for controlling a display of an endoscopic view () of an anatomical structure, and a visual guidance controller () for controlling of a display one or more guided manipulation anchors (-) within the display of the endoscopic view () of the anatomical structure. A guided manipulation anchor (-) is representative of location marking and/or a motion directive of a guided manipulation of the anatomical structure. The visual guidance controller () further controls a display of a hidden feature anchor relative to the display of the endoscopic view () of the anatomical structure. The hidden feature anchor () being representative of a position (e.g., a location and/or an orientation) of a guided visualization of the hidden feature of the anatomical structure.

Guided anatomical visualization for endoscopic procedures

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