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Endoscopic registration of vessel tree images

US10453174B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Aleksandra Popovic · New York, US
Haytham Elhawary · New York, US
Christopher Stephen Hall · Kirkland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 2012
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30101
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image registration system employs an endoscope and an endoscope controller. In operation, the endoscope generates an intra-operative endoscopic image of a vessel tree (e.g., an arterial tree or a venous tree) within an anatomical region, and the endoscope controller image registers the intra-operative endoscopic image of the vessel tree to a pre-operative three-dimensional image of the vessel tree within the anatomical region. The image registration includes an image matching of a graphical representation of each furcation of the vessel tree within the intra-operative endoscopic image of the vessel tree to a graphical representation of each furcation of the vessel tree within the pre-operative three-dimensional image of the vessel tree.

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