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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Hassan Mostafavi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of detecting a possible collision in a medical procedure, includes: obtaining a reference depth image; obtaining an input depth image; determining a composite image using at least a part of the reference depth image and at least a part of the input depth image, wherein the act of determining the composite image is performed using a processing unit; and determining whether there is a possible collision between an object and a patient based on the composite image.