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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mahdi Azizian, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lutz Blohm, Moehrendorf, DE;
Holger Kunze, Bubenreuth, DE;
Christine Niebler, Rueckersdorf, DE;
Jonathan Sorger, Belmont, CA (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In a method and an apparatus to provide updated images during a robotically-implemented surgical procedure, 3D data are obtained of a volume of a patient, which includes anatomy involved in the procedure. The anatomy is segmented from a reconstructed image of the volume. During the procedure, the surgeon applies forces on the anatomy, causing a geometric change of the anatomy. Force sensors in the surgical robot detect these forces, which are supplied to a processor that controls display of the segmented anatomy at a display screen. From the applied forces and the physical properties of the anatomy, the processor calculates the geometric change of the anatomy that has occurred and modifies the appearance and/or position of the displayed segmented anatomy on the display screen in real time during the procedure, so as to visualize the geometric change.