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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.v., Maastricht, NL;
Ahmet Ekin, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubert Cecile Francois Martens, Eindhoven, NL;
Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.V., Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining at least one applicable path () for the movement of an object, especially of a surgical and/or diagnostical device, in human tissue () or animal tissue by means of a data set of intensity data obtained by a 3D imaging technique, the applicable path () of movement connecting a starting position () of the device with a defined target location (). According to the invention the method comprises the steps: defining the target location () of a reference point of the device and choosing at least one possible starting position of the reference point of the device; determining a candidate path of movement () between the corresponding possible starting position () and the defined target location (); and evaluating the candidate path of movement () as being an applicable path () depending on information about local intensity extrema and/or intensity variation resulting from the intensity data along the candidate path of movement (). The invention further relates to a corresponding computer-readable medium, a corresponding computer program product, and a corresponding computerized system.