Automatically determining landmarks on anatomical structures

US8023706B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brainlab AG · DE

Inventor

• Jens Witte · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2007
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S128/922
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automatic landmark determining device, includes a storage device for storing at least one anatomical sample image and at least one anatomical landmark, the at least one anatomical landmark corresponding to a characteristic location within the at least one anatomical sample image, The automatic landmark determining device also includes an input device for inputting an anatomical patient image, and a transformation device. The transformation device is configured to apply an image-adapting transformation to the at least one anatomical landmark, said image-adapting transformation corresponding to a transformation that converts the at least one anatomical sample image to the anatomical patient image.