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Method and apparatus for synthetic viewpoint imaging

  • US 6,016,439 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1997
  • Issued: 01/18/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Medical apparatus comprising:

  • (a) a flexible nonimaging instrument having a distal end insertable into a patient'"'"'s body during an interventional procedure;

    (b) image storage means for storing image information of the patient'"'"'s body obtained prior to the interventional procedure;

    (c) locating means for determining the position of the distal end of the instrument within the patient'"'"'s body during the interventional procedure; and

    (d) image generation means for generating synthesized visual images during the interventional procedure from the previously-obtained image information and the determined position of the distal end corresponding to images that would be seen through a virtual lens disposed at a defined spatial relationship to the distal end of the instrument.

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