MRI SURGICAL SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME VISUALIZATIONS USING MRI IMAGE DATA AND PREDEFINED DATA OF SURGICAL TOOLS
First Claim
1. An MRI-guided surgical system, comprising:
- at least one MRI-compatible surgical tool;
a circuit adapted to communicate with an MRI scanner, wherein the circuit electronically recognizes predefined physical characteristics of the at least one tool to automatically segment MR image data provided by the MRI scanner whereby the at least one tool constitutes a point of interface with the system; and
at least one display in communication with the circuit,wherein the circuit is configured to provide a User Interface that defines workflow progression for an MRI-guided surgical procedure and allows a user to select steps in the workflow, and wherein the circuit is configured to generate multi-dimensional visualizations using predefined data of the at least one tool and data from MRI images of the patient in substantially real time during the surgical procedure.
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Abstract
MRI-Surgical systems include: (a) at least one MRI-compatible surgical tool; (b) a circuit adapted to communicate with an MRI scanner; and (c) at least one display in communication with the circuit. The circuit electronically recognizes predefined physical characteristics of the at least one tool to automatically segment MR image data provided by the MRI scanner whereby the at least one tool constitutes a point of interface with the system. The circuit is configured to provide a User Interface that defines workflow progression for an MRI-guided surgical procedure and allows a user to select steps in the workflow, and wherein the circuit is configured to generate multi-dimensional visualizations using the predefined data of the at least one tool and data from MRI images of the patient in substantially real time during the surgical procedure.
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49 Claims
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1. An MRI-guided surgical system, comprising:
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at least one MRI-compatible surgical tool; a circuit adapted to communicate with an MRI scanner, wherein the circuit electronically recognizes predefined physical characteristics of the at least one tool to automatically segment MR image data provided by the MRI scanner whereby the at least one tool constitutes a point of interface with the system; and at least one display in communication with the circuit, wherein the circuit is configured to provide a User Interface that defines workflow progression for an MRI-guided surgical procedure and allows a user to select steps in the workflow, and wherein the circuit is configured to generate multi-dimensional visualizations using predefined data of the at least one tool and data from MRI images of the patient in substantially real time during the surgical procedure. - 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, 24, 25)
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26. A method for carrying out an MRI-guided surgical procedure, comprising;
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defining dimensional and/or functional data of at least one MRI compatible surgical tool; obtaining MRI image data of the patient; electronically segmenting the MRI image data to identify known fiducial markers on the at least one tool based on the defining step; generating visualizations of the at least one tool registered to patient anatomical structure; electronically generating directions on adjustments for a pitch, roll or X-Y actuator to adjust a trajectory of a trajectory guide; and guiding the tool to a location in the patient using MRI image data, the directions for adjustment and the visualizations thereby facilitating an MRI-guided surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A computer program product for facilitating an MRI-guided surgical procedure, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code comprising; computer readable program code that comprises predefined physical data of a plurality of different surgical tools; computer readable program code that communicates with an MRI scanner to obtain MRI image data of a patient; and computer readable program code that generates visualizations of the patient using data from the tools and the image data of the patient in substantially real-time. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A MRI-guided interventional deep brain system, comprising:
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an MRI Scanner; a clinician workstation with a circuit and a display, the workstation in communication with the MRI Scanner; a flexible patch with a grid thereon configured to releasably attach to a patient'"'"'s skull; and a trajectory guide attachable to a skull of a patient, the guide having a base with an aperture configured to reside over a burr hole formed in a patient'"'"'s skull, the base aperture providing a mechanical center of rotation for a pivot axis associated with the trajectory guide, the trajectory guide having a plurality of spaced apart fiducial markers; wherein the circuit comprises physical data regarding the patch and is configured to interrogate patient imaging data provided by the MRI Scanner and segment the image data to define a burr hole location that intersects the patch with a desired intrabrain trajectory, and wherein the circuit comprises tool-specific data of the trajectory guide and is configured to interrogate patient imaging data provided by the MRI Scanner and interactively generate visualizations of the patient'"'"'s brain and the trajectory guide to the display. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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