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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Arash Pourtaherian, Eindhoven, NL;
Hendrikus Hubertus Maria Korsten, Eindhoven, NL;
Nenad Mihajlovic, Eindhoven, NL;
Jinfeng Huang, Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Hendrik Nelis De With, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/523 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02);
Abstract
The apparatus is adapted to detect a tool based on a 3D image obtained by a 3D ultrasound imaging system. The apparatus comprises an image processing unit, which includes a tool detection module configured to perform a tool detection procedure. The tool detection procedure involves identifying a shadow of the tool in the 3D image and calculating the position of a 'tool plane section' of the 3D image in which the entire length of the tool is represented.