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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
May. 18, 2012
Peter Mountney, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Markus Kaiser, Forchheim, DE;
Ingmar Voigt, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias John, Nürnberg, DE;
Razvan Ioan Ionasec, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Jan Boese, Eckental, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Peter Mountney, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Markus Kaiser, Forchheim, DE;
Ingmar Voigt, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias John, Nürnberg, DE;
Razvan Ioan Ionasec, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Jan Boese, Eckental, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A method and system for registering ultrasound images and physiological models to x-ray fluoroscopy images is disclosed. A fluoroscopic image and an ultrasound image, such as a Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) image, are received. A 2D location of an ultrasound probe is detected in the fluoroscopic image. A 3D pose of the ultrasound probe is estimated based on the detected 2D location of the ultrasound probe in the fluoroscopic image. The ultrasound image is mapped to a 3D coordinate system of a fluoroscopic image acquisition device used to acquire the fluoroscopic image based on the estimated 3D pose of the ultrasound probe. The ultrasound image can then be projected into the fluoroscopic image using a projection matrix associated with the fluoroscopic image. A patient specific physiological model can be detected in the ultrasound image and projected into the fluoroscopic image.