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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Shanhui Sun, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Tobias Heimann, Erlangen, DE;
Shun Miao, Princeton, NJ (US);
Rui Liao, West Windsor Township, NJ (US);
Terrence Chen, Princeton, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A probe pose is detected in fluoroscopy medical imaging. The pose of the probe through a sequence of fluoroscopic images is detected. The detection relies on an inference framework for visual tracking overtime. By applying visual tracking, the pose through the sequence is consistent or the pose at one time guides the detection of the probe at another time. Single frame drop-out of detection may be avoided. Verification using detection of the tip of the probe and/or weighting of possible detections by separate detection of markers on the probe may further improve the accuracy.