Systems and methods for see-through views of patients

US9665936B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Kluckner · Berlin, DE
• Vivek Singh · Monmouth Junction, US
• Kai Ma · Plainsboro, US
• Yao-Jen Chang
• Terrence Chen · Princeton, US
• Daphne Yu · Madison, US
• John Paulus, JR. · Pine Island Ridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2015
• Grant date: May 30, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2210/41
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for providing a see-through visualization of a patient includes receiving an image dataset representative of anatomical features of the patient acquired using a medical image scanner and acquiring a body surface model of the patient using an RGB-D sensor. The body surface model is aligned with the image dataset in a canonical/common coordinate system to yield an aligned body surface model. A relative pose of a mobile device is determined with respect to the RGB-D sensor and a pose dependent visualization of the patient is created by rendering the image dataset at a viewpoint corresponding to the relative pose of the mobile device. Then, the pose dependent visualization of the patient may be presented on the mobile device.