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IMAGE-BASED GLOBAL REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD APPLICABLE TO BRONCHOSCOPY GUIDANCE

  • US 20180220883A1
  • Filed: 03/22/2018
  • Published: 08/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A global registration system useful in bronchoscopic guidance and other applications, comprising:

  • a memory storing virtual bronchoscopy (VB) renderings of a 3D airway tree, the renderings including VB views and branch positions within the airway tree;

    a computer operative to search and analyze the VB renderings to identify the VB view and branch position that most closely matches a real bronchoscopic (RB) view from a bronchoscope of an unknown or arbitrary location along an unknown or arbitrary airway branch of the airway tree; and

    wherein the computer is operative to perform a search across at least a plurality of airway branches in the airway tree and wherein the search comprises;

    an intra-branch search to identify an optimal VB view along each airway branch of the plurality of airway branches of the airway tree that matches the received RB view, wherein the intra-branch search spans less than all possible view positions in each branch; and

    an inter-branch search subsequent to the intra-branch search in which at least one of the optimal VB views from the intra-branch search that most closely matches the RB view is identified and used for determining a 3D position of the bronchoscope; and

    a display presenting the 3D position of a bronchoscope within the airway tree based upon the VB view and branch position identified in the VB view.

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