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Guidance device for a tee probe

US10939881B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Dirk Schäfer · Hamburg, DE
Eberhard Sebastian Hansis · Hamburg, DE
Niels Nijhof · Utrecht, NL
Michael Grass · Hanstedt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2015
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 12, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2034/2065
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a guidance device (10) for a TEE probe (20), a medical imaging system (1), a method for guiding a TEE probe (20), a computer program element for controlling such device and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The guidance device (10) for a TEE probe (20) comprises an image data provision unit (11), and a processing unit (12). The image data provision unit (11) is configured to provide first image data showing an interventional device (40) and a TEE probe (20) in an initial position and orientation. The processing unit (12) is configured to determine a centerline of the interventional device (40) in the first image data. The processing unit (12) is configured to determine a plane (41) orthogonal to a tangent of the centerline as viewing plane. The processing unit (12) is configured to calculate an imaging plane and an imaging orientation of the TEE probe (20) to lie approximately in the viewing plane. The processing unit (12) is configured to provide the calculated data as guidance data.

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