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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL INTERVENTION PROCEDURE PLANNING AND LOCATION AND NAVIGATION OF AN INTERVENTION TOOL

  • US 20050080328A1
  • Filed: 08/12/2004
  • Published: 04/14/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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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, an atrial flutter planning procedure, and location and navigation of an interventional tool.

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