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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Broncus Medical Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lav Rai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason David Gibbs, State College, PA (US);
Henky Wibowo, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broncus Medical Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10121 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30012 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is a method to register 3D image data with fluoroscopic images of the chest of a patient. The ribs and spine, which are visible in the fluoroscopic images, are analyzed and a rib signature or cost map is generated. The rib signature or cost map is matched to corresponding structures of the 3D image data of the patient. Registration is evaluated by computing a difference between the fluoroscopic image and a virtual fluoroscopic projected image of the 3D data. Related systems are also described.