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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Erez Lieberman, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dennis J. Rivet, Chesapeake, VA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Erez Lieberman, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dennis J. Rivet, Chesapeake, VA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
The Invention Science Fund I, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Described embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product. A described system includes a receiver circuit that receives a first reference image that includes an objective landmark subsurface feature of a mammalian body part, and a second reference image that includes a present-location landmark subsurface feature of the mammalian body part. A feature matching circuit determines a substantial correspondence between the objective landmark subsurface feature and a first atlas subsurface feature, and a substantial correspondence between the present-location landmark subsurface feature and a second atlas subsurface feature. A location analysis circuit determines a fourth spatial relationship between the destination region of interest and a distal end portion of the body-insertable device deployed operationally proximate to the mammalian body part. An indicator circuit generates informational data indicative of the determined fourth spatial relationship. The system includes a computer-readable media configured to maintain the informational data.