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Fluoroscopy based 3-D neural navigation based on co-registration of other modalities with 3-D angiography reconstruction data

US6351513B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2000
Grant dateFeb 26, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S378/901
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a high-quality representation of a volume having a real-time 3-D reconstruction therein of movement of an object, wherein the real-time movement of the object is determined using a lower-quality representation of only a portion of the volume. The merger of 3-D angiography image representations acquired with other modalities, such as MR or CT, is disclosed. MR or CT modality images are registered with the 3-D Angiography data, such that those other images are brought into the same coordinate frame as the 3-D Angiography images. Movement of the object is detected in a 2-D X-ray fluoroscopy image and is reconstructed in a 3-D mode.

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