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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Godefridus Antonius Harks, Rijen, NL;
Niels Nijhof, Utrecht, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus and a system for visualizing an image object relating to an instrument (), particularly a medical instrument, in an extracorporeal image. The image object may comprise a representation of the instrument () or an intracorporeal image () acquired using the instrument (). The system comprises an extracorporeal image acquisition device () for acquiring extracorporeal images with respect to an extracorporeal image frame and a tracking arrangement () for tracking the instrument () independent of the extracorporeal images with respect to a tracking frame. Further, the invention relates to a method carried out in the system.