Method and system for simulating surgical procedures
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1. A modeling system for assisting a medical procedure on a particular patient, comprising:
- a medical imagery navigation systems and/or an image guided and robotic surgery system, said system including one or more computers; and
a simulation system comprising;
at least one computer;
a display,a database connected to a computer system for storing actual medical images of the particular patient,an image generator including specialized software executing on the computer system to generate realistic dynamic images indicative of tissues representing actual biological tissues of the particular patient using said actual medical images for display on said display,the computer system executing software instructions to generate a user input interface to receive user input, anda user tool generator including specialized software executing on the computer system to generate a tool image of a surgical tool configured to dynamically interact with said dynamic images of tissues, in a manner indicative of an interaction of an actual surgical tool with actual biological tissues, based on said user input;
wherein said simulation system interacts with said medical imagery navigation systems and/or an image guided and robotic surgery system to provide dynamic and interactive tissue models coupled with the patient specific imagery to assist a surgeon to perform an actual surgical operation.
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Abstract
A system and method for converting static/still medical images of a particular patient into dynamic and interactive images interacting with medical tools including medical devices by coupling a model of tissue dynamics and tool characteristics to the patient specific imagery for simulating a medical procedure in an accurate and dynamic manner.
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1. A modeling system for assisting a medical procedure on a particular patient, comprising:
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a medical imagery navigation systems and/or an image guided and robotic surgery system, said system including one or more computers; and a simulation system comprising; at least one computer; a display, a database connected to a computer system for storing actual medical images of the particular patient, an image generator including specialized software executing on the computer system to generate realistic dynamic images indicative of tissues representing actual biological tissues of the particular patient using said actual medical images for display on said display, the computer system executing software instructions to generate a user input interface to receive user input, and a user tool generator including specialized software executing on the computer system to generate a tool image of a surgical tool configured to dynamically interact with said dynamic images of tissues, in a manner indicative of an interaction of an actual surgical tool with actual biological tissues, based on said user input; wherein said simulation system interacts with said medical imagery navigation systems and/or an image guided and robotic surgery system to provide dynamic and interactive tissue models coupled with the patient specific imagery to assist a surgeon to perform an actual surgical operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A modeling system for assisting a medical procedure on a particular patient, comprising:
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a medical imagery navigation system; and a simulation system comprising; at least one computer; a display, a database connected to a computer system for storing actual medical images of the particular patient, an image generator including specialized software executing on the computer system to generate realistic 3D dynamic images of tissues representing actual biological tissues of the particular patient using said actual medical images for display on said display including shadowing and textures indicative of the actual tissue of the particular patient, wherein the dynamic images are visually indicative of actual tissue images and reflect actual physical properties of the tissues including dynamic physical and mechanical interactions between two or more materials, the computer system executing software instructions to generate a user input interface to receive user input, and a user tool generator including specialized software executing on the computer system to generate a tool image of a surgical tool configured to dynamically interact with said dynamic images of tissues, in a manner indicative of an interaction of an actual surgical tool with actual biological tissues, based on said user input; wherein said simulation system interacts with said medical imagery navigation systems and/or an image guided and robotic surgery system to provide dynamic and interactive tissue models coupled with the patient specific imagery to assist a surgeon to perform an actual surgical operation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of modeling a medical procedure, comprising the steps of:
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providing a computer system; providing a display connected to said computer system; obtaining patient image information about the actual tissues of a particular patient for storing in said computer system; providing a medical imagery navigation systems and/or an image guided and robotic surgery system; generating, using specialized software executing on the computer system, a dynamic realistic image visually indicative of actual medical images of the biological tissues of the particular patient for display on said display according to said patient image information and interactions with said medical imagery navigation systems and/or an image guided and robotic surgery system to provide dynamic and interactive tissue models for assisting a surgeon to display a surgical operation, wherein said dynamic image of tissues is displayed on said display realistically representing corresponding actual tissues of the particular patient; and generating and displaying, using said computer system based on manipulations provided by a user using an input of the computer system, a realistic 3D user tool image dynamically interacting with said realistic image of the biological tissues for display on said display. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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