Method and apparatus for medical intervention procedure planning
First Claim
1. An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning, comprising:
- a medical scanner system for generating a volume of cardiac image data;
a data acquisition system for acquiring the volume of cardiac image data;
an image generation system for generating at least one viewable image from the volume of cardiac image data;
a database for storing information from said data acquisition and image generation systems;
an operator interface system for managing at least one of said medical scanner system, said data acquisition system, said image generation system, and said database;
a post-processing system for analyzing the volume of cardiac image data and displaying the at least one viewable image and being responsive to said operator interface system; and
wherein said operator interface system comprises instructions for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in at least one of a bi-ventricular pacing planning, an atrial fibrillation planning, and an atrial flutter planning procedure.
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Abstract
An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning includes a medical scanner system for generating a volume of cardiac image data, a data acquisition system for acquiring the volume of cardiac image data, an image generation system for generating a viewable image from the volume of cardiac image data, a database for storing information from the data acquisition and image generation systems, an operator interface system for managing the medical scanner system, the data acquisition system, the image generation system, and the database, and a post-processing system for analyzing the volume of cardiac image data, displaying the viewable image and being responsive to the operator interface system. The operator interface system includes instructions for using the volume of cardiac image data and the viewable image for bi-ventricular pacing planning, atrial fibrillation procedure planning, or atrial flutter procedure planning.
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33 Claims
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1. An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning, comprising:
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a medical scanner system for generating a volume of cardiac image data;
a data acquisition system for acquiring the volume of cardiac image data;
an image generation system for generating at least one viewable image from the volume of cardiac image data;
a database for storing information from said data acquisition and image generation systems;
an operator interface system for managing at least one of said medical scanner system, said data acquisition system, said image generation system, and said database;
a post-processing system for analyzing the volume of cardiac image data and displaying the at least one viewable image and being responsive to said operator interface system; and
whereinsaid operator interface system comprises instructions for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in at least one of a bi-ventricular pacing planning, an atrial fibrillation planning, and an atrial flutter planning procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer system for use in a medical intervention procedure, comprising:
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a data port for receiving probe information from the medical intervention procedure;
a database for storing information acquired from an interventional procedure planning session;
a memory comprising instructions for managing the probe information received at said data port and the stored information in said database;
a processor for analyzing the information at said data port in combination with the stored information in said database;
an operator interface system for managing said memory and said processor; and
a display responsive to said operator interface for visualizing the information in said database in combination with the information at said data port. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for generating an image for use in medical intervention procedure planning, comprising:
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acquiring a volume of cardiac image data from a medical scanner;
managing the volume of cardiac image data through segmentation;
processing the cardiac image data for viewing;
viewing the cardiac image data in at least one viewable image;
inserting a geometric marker into the volume of cardiac image data at an anatomical landmark for subsequent visualization, analysis and registration;
selecting a viewable parameter in response to the geometric marker at the anatomical landmark; and
saving at least one of at least one viewable image, an anatomical landmark, and a measured viewable parameter, in an image database. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for using a volume of cardiac image data during a medical interventional procedure, comprising:
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retrieving at least one procedure planning image from an image database;
viewing the at least one procedure planning image;
applying a probe into a vessel of a patient during the interventional procedure;
identifying a landmark of the probed vessel from the interventional procedure;
registering the coordinate system of the interventional procedure with the coordinate system of the at least one procedure planning image; and
displaying the procedure planning image in response to the position of the applied probe for performing a real time vessel tracking and navigation procedure on the probed vessel. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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