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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2022
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John Michael Galeotti, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Wanwen Chen, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a system, method, and computer program product for tracking a needle. The method includes determining a visibility of the needle being inserted into a subject in an image of a sequence of images, in response to determining that the visibility satisfies a visibility threshold, detecting a location of the needle based on at least one first algorithm and a detected curvature of the needle, in response to determining that the visibility does not satisfy the visibility threshold, detecting the location of the needle being inserted based on at least one second algorithm, and tracking the location of the needle in the sequence of images based on locations detected with the at least one first algorithm and the at least one second algorithm.