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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bart Pierre Antoine Jozef Hoornaert, Arendonk, DE;
François Cornelius Johannes Van Daal, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining an enhanced image of a vascular treatment provides () a plurality of images including a representation of a region of interest of a vascular structure. Each of the plurality of images includes image data of at least one localizing feature associated with at least one tool configured to be used in the vascular treatment. Each of the plurality of images also includes image data associated with the at least one tool. Registration information for each of the images of the plurality of images is determined (). At least two images from the plurality of images are selected () as a function of the registration information for each of the images. An enhanced image that provides for enhanced visibility of the at least one tool is determined (). Data representative of the enhanced image is output ().