Medical imaging and navigation system
First Claim
1. Medical imaging and navigation system comprising:
- a processor, connected to a display unit and to a database;
a medical positioning system (MPS), connected to said processor, including a transducer MPS sensor and a surgical tool MPS sensor, said surgical tool MPS sensor being firmly attached to a surgical tool;
a two-dimensional imaging system, connected to said processor, including an imaging transducer, said transducer MPS sensor being firmly attached to said imaging transducer;
an inspected organ monitor interface, connected to said processor and to an organ monitor, said organ monitor monitoring an organ timing signal associated with an inspected organ; and
a superimposing processor, connected to said processor.
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Abstract
Medical imaging and navigation system including a processor, a display unit, a database, a medical positioning system (MPS), a two-dimensional imaging system, an inspected organ monitor interface, and a superimposing processor, the MPS including a transducer MPS sensor and a surgical tool MPS sensor, the two-dimensional imaging system including an imaging transducer, the processor being connected to the display unit, to the database, to the MPS, to the two-dimensional imaging system, to the inspected organ monitor interface, and to the superimposing processor, the inspected organ monitor interface being connected to an organ monitor, the surgical tool MPS sensor being firmly attached to a surgical tool, the transducer MPS sensor being firmly attached to the imaging transducer, the organ monitor monitoring an organ timing signal associated with an inspected organ.
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119 Claims
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1. Medical imaging and navigation system comprising:
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a processor, connected to a display unit and to a database;
a medical positioning system (MPS), connected to said processor, including a transducer MPS sensor and a surgical tool MPS sensor, said surgical tool MPS sensor being firmly attached to a surgical tool;
a two-dimensional imaging system, connected to said processor, including an imaging transducer, said transducer MPS sensor being firmly attached to said imaging transducer;
an inspected organ monitor interface, connected to said processor and to an organ monitor, said organ monitor monitoring an organ timing signal associated with an inspected organ; and
a superimposing processor, connected to said processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. Medical imaging and navigation system comprising:
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a processor, connected to a display unit and to a database;
a medical positioning system (MPS), connected to said processor, including a surgical tool MPS sensor being firmly attached to a surgical tool;
an inspected organ monitor interface, connected to said processor and to an organ monitor, said organ monitor monitoring an organ timing signal associated with an inspected organ; and
a superimposing processor, connected to said processor. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. Method for displaying an image sequence of a moving inspected organ, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an organ timing signal of said inspected organ, said organ timing signal defining an organ timing signal cycle;
detecting a plurality of two-dimensional images of said inspected organ, using an image detector;
detecting the location and orientation of said image detector;
associating each of said two-dimensional images with said image detector location and orientation and with said detected organ timing signal;
reconstructing a plurality of three-dimensional images from said two-dimensional images, each said three-dimensional images being reconstructed from two-dimensional images selected from said two-dimensional images, said selected two-dimensional images corresponding to a selected position within said organ timing signal cycle;
selecting one of said three-dimensional images according to a real-time reading of said organ timing signal; and
displaying said selected three-dimensional image. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. Method for displaying an image sequence of a moving inspected organ, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an organ timing signal of said inspected organ, said organ timing signal defining an organ timing signal cycle;
selecting one of a previously stored three-dimensional images according to a real-time reading of said organ timing signal;
detecting the location and orientation of a surgical tool;
superimposing a representation of said surgical tool onto said selected three-dimensional image; and
displaying said superimposed three-dimensional image. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. Method for displaying an image sequence of a moving inspected organ, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an organ timing signal of said inspected organ, said organ timing signal defining an organ timing signal cycle;
detecting the location and orientation of a point of view of a user;
selecting one of a previously stored three-dimensional images according to a real-time reading of said organ timing signal;
rendering said selected three-dimensional image according to said detected location and orientation of said point of view; and
displaying said selected three-dimensional image. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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101. Method for displaying an image sequence of a moving inspected organ, each image in said image sequence being associated with the location and orientation thereof within a predetermined coordinate system, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an organ timing signal of said inspected organ;
selecting one of a previously stored two-dimensional images according to a real-time reading of said organ timing signal; and
displaying said selected two-dimensional image. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119)
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