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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Mako Surgical Corp., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Milan Ikits, Plantation, FL (US);
MAKO Surgical Corp., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of creating an image including providing three-dimensional image data of an anatomy, providing a model of a portion of the anatomy, and creating a virtual radiograph of a target portion of the anatomy using information from the image data and information from the model. The method may further include representing the portion of the anatomy in a modified state, wherein the modified state is a resected, translated, rotated, and/or otherwise modified portion of the anatomy. The method may further include adding a virtual image of a prosthetic device to the virtual radiograph. The virtual radiograph may by created by executing a ray casting process on the three-dimensional image data.