INTRA-OPERATIVE MEDICAL IMAGE VIEWING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
10. An intra-operative medical image viewing system comprising:
- an image source having at least one image file representative of an anatomical feature of a patient;
a selectively transparent display positionable between a surgeon and the patient during surgery, said display being configured to exhibit at least one image to the surgeon overlaid on the patient;
an image control unit configured to retrieve the at least one image file from said image source and control said display to exhibit and modify at least a portion of the at least one image, the at least one image being a visual representation of the anatomical feature of the patient;
at least one peripheral device configured to receive an image control input from the surgeon and in response transmit an image control signal to said image control unit, the image control input representative of a desire by the surgeon to modify the at least one image exhibited by said display; and
wherein said image control unit is configured to modify the image in response to the image control signal in any one of a plurality of different three-dimensional modalities.
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Abstract
An intra-operative medical image viewing system can allow a surgeon to maintain a viewing perspective on the patient while calling-up visual images on-the-fly. A digital image source has at least one image file representative of an anatomical or pathological feature of a patient. A display is worn by the surgeon or positioned between the surgeon and her patient during surgery. The display is selectively transparent, and exhibits to the surgeon an image derived from the image file. An image control unit retrieves the image file from the image source and controls the display so that at least a portion of the image depiction can be exhibited and modified at will by the surgeon. A plurality of peripheral devices are each configured to receive an image control input from the surgeon and, in response, generate an image control signal. Each peripheral accepts a different user-interface modality.
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22 Claims
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10. An intra-operative medical image viewing system comprising:
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an image source having at least one image file representative of an anatomical feature of a patient; a selectively transparent display positionable between a surgeon and the patient during surgery, said display being configured to exhibit at least one image to the surgeon overlaid on the patient; an image control unit configured to retrieve the at least one image file from said image source and control said display to exhibit and modify at least a portion of the at least one image, the at least one image being a visual representation of the anatomical feature of the patient; at least one peripheral device configured to receive an image control input from the surgeon and in response transmit an image control signal to said image control unit, the image control input representative of a desire by the surgeon to modify the at least one image exhibited by said display; and wherein said image control unit is configured to modify the image in response to the image control signal in any one of a plurality of different three-dimensional modalities. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17-1. The intra-operative medical image viewing system of claim 18 wherein the image includes portions indicating a three-dimensional nature of the anatomical feature of the patient.
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18. An intra-operative medical image viewing system comprising:
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an image source having at least one image file representative of an anatomical feature of a patient; a selectively transparent display positionable between a surgeon during surgery on the patient, said display being configured to exhibit an image to the surgeon overlaid on the patient; an image control unit configured to retrieve the image file from said image source and control said display to exhibit and modify the image, the image being a visual representation of the anatomical feature of the patient, wherein said image control unit is responsive to inputs from the surgeon to modify the image to allow the surgeon to selectively position, size and orient the image exhibited on said display to a selectable first configuration; and a station-keeping module including; a position module configured to detect a first position of said display when the first configuration is selected and determine a change in position of said display from the first position; an orientation module configured to detect a first orientation of said display when the first configuration is selected and determine a change in orientation of said display from the first orientation; a registration module configured to determine a registration default condition defined by the first configuration, the first position, and the first orientation; and an image recalibration module configured to determine one or more image modification commands to be applied by said display to change the image from the first configuration to a second configuration in response to at least one of the change in position and change in the orientation, said image recalibration module configured to transmit the one or more image modification commands to said image control unit and said image control unit to control said display, the second configuration different from the first configuration and consistent with the registration default condition. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 21, 22)
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