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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Eldad Klaiman, Haifa, IL;
Alexander Steinberg, Ra'anana, IL;
Ran Cohen, Petah Tikva, IL;
David Tolkowsky, Tel Aviv, IL;
Eldad Klaiman, Haifa, IL;
Alexander Steinberg, Ra'anana, IL;
Ran Cohen, Petah Tikva, IL;
David Tolkowsky, Tel Aviv, IL;
SYNC-RX, LTD, Netanya, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for imaging a tool inside a portion of a subject's body that undergoes motion. A plurality of image frames are acquired of the portion of the subject's body. The image frames are image tracked by (a) automatically identifying at least a feature of the tool in at least a portion of the image frames, and (b) aligning the tool in image frames of the portion of the image frames, based on the automatic identifying. The image-tracked image frames of the portion of the subject's body are displayed as an image stream. Other embodiments are also described.