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Method and apparatus for adjusting a model of an anatomical structure

US10679350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Alexandra Groth · Hamburg, DE
Rolf Jürgen Weese · Norderstedt, DE
Heike Carolus · Hamburg, DE
Jochen Peters · Norderstedt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 10, 2018
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16H30/20
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is provided a method and apparatus for adjusting a model of an anatomical structure in a sequence of images of the anatomical structure. The model is placed with respect to the anatomical structure in the sequence of images. A user input is received to adjust the model in a selected image of the sequence, and based on the user input, a part of the model that lies in the selected image and a previously unadjusted part of the model that lies in one or more other images of the sequence is adjusted, whilst fixing in place a previously adjusted part of the model that lies in other images of the sequence.

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