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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Torre Michelle Bydlon, Eindhoven, NL;
Arnoldus Theodorus Martinus Hendricus Van Keersop, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Vijay Parthasarathy, Andover, MA (US);
Vishnu Vardhan Pully, Eindhoven, NL;
Marjolein Van Der Voort, Eindhoven, NL;
Manfred Mueller, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerardus Henricus Maria Gijsbers, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system and method to support exploring the interior of an object. The systemincludes a graphical user interface generator (GG) to generate a graphical user interface (GUI). The graphical user interface (GUI) includes an indicator (NC) of a current position of an interventional tool (IT) inside an object (OB). There is also an exploratory indictor (PC) to indicate material composition and/or type that surrounds the tool's tip (TP) at a current position in the object (OB). The exploratory indicator (PC) includes a pointer element for a current reading against a dial element for a range of possible values.