Automatic detection of a surgical tool on an image provided by a medical imaging system
US8391571B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/034
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device for detecting a surgical tool in an image, the surgical tool going through an incision made in a patient's skin or one of his organs, the device including: means for storing shape parameters of the surgical tool. means for determining the position of the projection of the incision in the image plane and means for determining points and/or straight lines characteristic of the projection of the surgical tool on the image based on the shape parameters and on the position of the projection of the incision.
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