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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2004
Applicants:

Régis Vaillant, Villabon sur Yvette, FR;

Jasbir Singh Sra, Pewaukee, WI (US);

Jean Cousty, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;

François Kotian, Guyancourt, FR;

Inventors:

Régis Vaillant, Villabon sur Yvette, FR;

Jasbir Singh Sra, Pewaukee, WI (US);

Jean Cousty, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;

François Kotian, Guyancourt, FR;

Assignees:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An imaging system for use in a medical intervention procedure is disclosed. A first image acquisition system of a first modality employing a catheter at an anatomical region of a patient is configured to produce a first image of the anatomical region using fluoroscopy, the first image comprising a set of fluoroscopy projection images. A second image acquisition system of a second different modality is configured to generate a 3D model of the anatomical region. An anatomical reference system is common to both the first and second image acquisition systems. A processing circuit is configured to process executable instructions for registering the 3D model with the fluoroscopy image in response to the common reference system and discernible parameters associated with the catheter in both the first and second image acquisition systems.


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