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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dane Coffey, Burbank, CA (US);
Daniel F. Keefe, St. Paul, MN (US);
Arthur G. Erdman, New Brighton, MN (US);
Benjamin J. Bidne, Hanover, MN (US);
Gregory Ernest Ostenson, St. Paul, MN (US);
David M. Flynn, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Kenneth Matthew Merdan, Loretto, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented medical visualization method includes identifying a three-dimensional model of an anatomical item of a particular mammal; automatically identifying an open path in three-dimensional space through the anatomical item; fitting a smooth curve to the open path; and displaying the anatomical item and a visual representation of the smooth curve to a user on a three-dimensional imaging system.