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NAVIGATION WITH 3D LOCALIZATION USING 2D IMAGES

  • US 20150223902A1
  • Filed: 01/26/2015
  • Published: 08/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for facilitating a medical or surgical procedure in an operating site in a body of a patient, the method comprising:

  • displaying a first point on a first two-dimensional image of the operating site into which an elongate, flexible catheter device is inserted in response to a first user input;

    mapping the first point on at least a second two-dimensional image of the operating site, the second two-dimensional image being oriented at a non-zero angle with respect to the first two-dimensional image;

    displaying a first line on the second image that projects from the first point;

    displaying a second point on the second image in response to a second user input; and

    determining a three-dimensional location within the operating site, based on the first line and the second point on the second image.

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