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Computerized boundary estimation in medical images

  • US 5,820,559 A
  • Filed: 03/20/1997
  • Issued: 10/13/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of producing a computerized boundary estimation in medical images using a Radial Bas-Relief technique, and utilizing a surgical robot having a head axis, a computer equipped with a frame grabber, a 4-axis motion controller, an ultrasound scanner, and one of a transurethral and a transrectal ultrasound probe which passes through an outer/sheath of a resectoscope mounted to said surgical robot, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) engaging said resectoscope to said robot suspended on a counterbalance gantry at an undisturbed reference position (verumontanum); and

    (b) scanning for a target organ on a patient by moving said head axis of said surgical robot mounted with said ultrasound probe;

    wherein scanned images obtained in (b) are fed into said frame grabber, and images of said target organ are then digitized to enable image processing and boundary estimation outlining by said computer.

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