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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Achim Degenhardt, Erlangen, DE;
Clemens Jungkunz, Erlangen, DE;
Rainer Kuth, Höchstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0042 (2013.01); A61B 1/00158 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 19/5244 (2013.01); A61B 2019/2253 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5251 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5289 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30028 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and system for navigating an endoscopy capsule in a patient, wherein the endoscopy capsule includes a camera, a first image of an object in the interior of the patient is obtained with the camera, in which a re-identifiable structural feature of the object is identified. Successive images of the interior of the patient are then automatically obtained with the camera, and the endoscopy capsule is controlled, for each image, so that the position of the structural feature remains unchanged in the individual images while the image scale is intentionally enlarged or reduced.