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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Prahlad Menon Gopalakrishna, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Daniel Ryder Ludwig, Maple Glen, PA (US);
David Schwartzman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignees:
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/5229 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); G06T 3/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/0422 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 6/507 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/363 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61B 2576/023 (2013.01); G01R 33/4808 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for fusing information related to structural features and characteristics of a biological sample. The resulting fused image may be imported into a surgical navigation technology intra-operatively to aid in surgical interventions by co-registering the fused image with the patient's anatomical features.