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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Pingkun Yan, Bethesda, MD (US);
Vijay Parthasarathy, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Robert Manzke, Bonebuttel, DE;
Ameet Kumar Jain, New York, NY (US);
Pingkun Yan, Bethesda, MD (US);
Vijay Parthasarathy, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Robert Manzke, Bonebuttel, DE;
Ameet Kumar Jain, New York, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An image-guided system includes an X-ray imaging device for generating one or more X-ray images illustrating a tool within an anatomical region, and an ultrasound imaging device for generating an ultrasound image illustrating the tool within the anatomical region. The image-guided system further includes a tool tracking device for visually tracking the tool within the anatomical region. In operation, the tool tracking device localizes a portion of the tool as located within the ultrasound image responsive to an identification of the portion of the tool as located within the X-ray image(s), and executes an image segmentation of an entirety of the tool as located within the ultrasound image relative to a localization of the portion of the tool as located within the ultrasound image.