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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2012
Raoul Florent, Ville D'Avray, FR;
Bart Pierre Antoine Jozef Hoornaert, Arendonk, BE;
Herman Stegehuis, Best, NL;
Raoul Florent, Ville D'Avray, FR;
Bart Pierre Antoine Jozef Hoornaert, Arendonk, BE;
Herman Stegehuis, Best, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A medical imaging device and a method for providing an image representation supporting positioning of an intervention device such as a wire tip () in a region of interest during an intervention is proposed. Therein, the following process steps are to be performed: (S) acquiring a pre-live anatomy image () including a region of interest; (S) acquiring a live anatomy image using a live image acquisition device comprising an adjustable collimator device; (S) identifying a location () of the intervention device () within the live anatomy image; (S) adjusting settings of the collimator device based on the identified location of the intervention device for subsequently acquiring a further live anatomy image representing the region of interest using the live image acquisition device with the collimator device being in the adjusted settings; and providing (S) the image representation by merging information from the live anatomy image into the pre-live anatomy image. Thereby, the intervention device may be continuously tracked and the collimator device may restrict a field of view to a location of the intervention device thereby significantly reducing an applied X-ray dose. Background anatomical information may be introduced into the final image representation using the pre-live anatomy image possibly having a higher image contrast than the live anatomy images.