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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
A2 Surgical, Le Mans, FR;
Sean Scanlan, Winchester, MA (US);
Stéphane Lavallee, St. Martin d'Uriage, FR;
Laurence Chabanas, Saint-Pierre-d'Allevard, FR;
Asheesh Bedi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Byrd, Nashville, TN (US);
Bryan Kelly, Riverside, CT (US);
Christopher Larson, Edina, MN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
A2 Surgical, , FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for optimally visualizing a morphologic region of interest of a bone in an X-ray image of a patient, comprising: —receiving a set of 3D medical images of the bone, —creating a 3D bone model of at least part of the bone comprising said region of interest from said set of 3D images, —determining a criterion representative of a visualization of the extent of said morphologic region of interest, —automatically determining from the 3D bone model optimal relative bone and X-ray orientation so as to optimize said criterion for said patient, —creating at least one virtual X-ray image of the bone from said set of 3D images according to said optimal relative bone and virtual X-ray orientation.