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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Ahmet Ekin, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubert Cecile Francois Martens, Eindhoven, NL;
Ahmet Ekin, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubert Cecile Francois Martens, Eindhoven, NL;
Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.V., Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
A method for determining an applicable path of movement of an object in human or animal tissue is based on intensity data obtained by a 3D imaging technique. The applicable path of movement connects a starling position of the object with a defined target location. The method includes defining the target location of a reference point of the object and choosing at least one possible starting position of the reference point of the object. Further, the method includes determining a candidate path of movement between the corresponding possible starling position and the defined target location. Next, the candidate path of movement is evaluated for being an applicable path. The candidate path is evaluated based on information about local intensity extrema and/or intensity variation resulting from the intensity data along the candidate path of movement.