Method and apparatus for graphical assistance in a medical procedure

US9603578B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Meyer · Bubenreuth, DE
• Norbert Rahn · Forchheim, DE
• Markus Rossmeier · Bamberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 28, 2017
• Expiry date: May 6, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/376
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method and apparatus for graphical assistance in an interventional procedure to open an occlusion of a hollow organ of a patient a three-dimensional CT image data set of an examination region with the at least one hollow organ having the occlusion is retrieved and visualized segmentation data with segmentation data of the hollow organ at a display unit. At least two x-ray fluoroscopy images are acquired at different angulations the CT image data set is registered with at least two of the x-ray images. A number of fluoroscopy x-ray images are acquired during a time period, with real-time visualization of at least one x-ray fluoroscopy image and data of the CT image data set at the display unit. The steps are implemented individually and in sequence, and control options relating exclusively to the current step can be selected manually via a user interface depending on the step that is currently implemented, and only user inputs that are appropriate for the current step are accepted.