Device and method for controlling a system comprising an imaging modality

US10973595B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Philip Mewes · Nürnberg, DE
• Peter Mountney · London, GB
• Manish Sahu · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B34/25
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method is for controlling a system including an imaging modality. The method includes receiving an image and/or a series of images of a portion of a patient from the imaging modality, the field of view of the image and/or of the series of images covering at least a part of an instrument; determining whether the part of the instrument is located within a defined portion of the field of view and/or in a given state selected from a plurality of first states and/or the part of the instrument executes a given movement selected from a plurality of movements; and generating a control command for performing an action depending on whether the part of the instrument is located within the defined portion of the field of view and/or the part of the instrument is in the given state and/or the part of the instrument executes the given movement.