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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2005
Applicant:
Fred S. Azar, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Fred S. Azar, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 1/00158 (2013.01); A61B 5/06 (2013.01); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); G06T 7/0018 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30028 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endo-robot can be tracked and a reconstructed 3D volume of data can be created for virtual endoscopy. The 3D position and orientation of each image captured by the endo-robot is determined. The longitudinal distance traveled inside the structure of interest is determined. The position, orientation and longitudinal distance are used to register the position of the endo-robot to a corresponding position inside the 3D volume of data. Virtual endoscopy can be used to locate areas of interest and correlate clinical findings with the images of the areas of interest.