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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Johannes Frederik Homan, Best, NL;
Ronaldus Frederik Johannes Holthuizen, Odijk, NL;
Michael Grass, Buchholz in der Nordheide, DE;
Harold Agnes Wilhelmus Schmeitz, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Thirukumaran Thangaraj Kanagasabapathi, Best, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to medical instrument tracking. In order to facilitate tracking a medical instrument, a system () is provided for tracking a medical instrument. The system comprises an instrument marker (), a tracking arrangement (), and a processing unit (). The instrument marker is attached to the medical instrument on a marker position (). The tracking system is configured to detect line segments () in the 5 field of interest and to detect the attached instrument marker. The processing unit is configured to identify a line segment () on which the attached instrument marker is detected as the medical instrument, and to determine an offset () between a position of a medical instrument tip () and the marker () by touching a reference marker () on the subject with the medical instrument ().