Method and apparatus for medical intervention procedure planning and location and navigation of an intervention tool
First Claim
1. An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning, comprising:
- a medical scanner system configured for generating a volume of cardiac image data;
a data acquisition system configured for acquiring the volume of cardiac image data;
an image generation system configured for generating at least one viewable image from the volume of cardiac image data;
a database configured for storing information from said data acquisition and image generation systems;
an operator interface system configured for managing at least one of said medical scanner system, said data acquisition system, said image generation system, and said database;
a post-processing system configured for analyzing the volume of cardiac image data and displaying the at least one viewable image and being responsive to said operator interface system, said post-processing system is further adapted to insert at least three geometric markers for subsequent visualization, analysis and registration, each of said three geometric markers corresponding with anatomical landmarks in the volume of cardiac image data, for use in the location and navigation of an interventional tool;
wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in at least one of a bi-ventricular pacing planning, an atrial fibrillation planning, and an atrial flutter planning procedure prior to an actual medical interventional procedure; and
wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in location and navigation of an interventional tool in a 3D space of a cardiac chamber corresponding to the volume of cardiac image data.
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Abstract
A system and method for a medical intervention procedure within a cardiac chamber having an imaging system to obtain image data of the cardiac chamber and to create a 3D model from that image data, an interventional system to register the 3D model with a real-time image of the cardiac chamber and to display the 3D model, and an interventional tool positioned in the cardiac chamber to be displayed upon the interventional system and to be navigated in real-time over the registered 3D model. Preferably, the method and system also includes a storage medium to store the 3D model and wherein the interventional system receives the stored 3D model to register with the real-time image of the cardiac chamber.
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13 Claims
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1. An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning, comprising:
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a medical scanner system configured for generating a volume of cardiac image data; a data acquisition system configured for acquiring the volume of cardiac image data; an image generation system configured for generating at least one viewable image from the volume of cardiac image data; a database configured for storing information from said data acquisition and image generation systems; an operator interface system configured for managing at least one of said medical scanner system, said data acquisition system, said image generation system, and said database; a post-processing system configured for analyzing the volume of cardiac image data and displaying the at least one viewable image and being responsive to said operator interface system, said post-processing system is further adapted to insert at least three geometric markers for subsequent visualization, analysis and registration, each of said three geometric markers corresponding with anatomical landmarks in the volume of cardiac image data, for use in the location and navigation of an interventional tool; wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in at least one of a bi-ventricular pacing planning, an atrial fibrillation planning, and an atrial flutter planning procedure prior to an actual medical interventional procedure; and wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in location and navigation of an interventional tool in a 3D space of a cardiac chamber corresponding to the volume of cardiac image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning, comprising:
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a medical scanner system configured for generating a volume of cardiac image data; a data acquisition system configured for acquiring the volume of cardiac image data; an image generation system configured for generating at least one viewable image from the volume of cardiac image data; a database configured for storing information from said data acquisition and image generation systems; an operator interface system configured for managing at least one of said medical scanner system, said data acquisition system, said image generation system, and said database; a post-processing system configured for analyzing the volume of cardiac image data and displaying the at least one viewable image and being responsive to said operator interface system; wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in at least one of a bi-ventricular pacing planning, an atrial fibrillation planning, and an atrial flutter planning procedure; wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in location and navigation of an interventional tool in a 3D space of a cardiac chamber corresponding to the volume of cardiac image data; wherein said post-processing system is adapted to display the at least one viewable image in at least one of a three-dimensional surface rendering, a three-dimensional inner surface rendering, a three-dimensional volume rendering, a three-dimensional segmented model view, MPVR, MIP, curved reformat, lumen view, and an immersible view; wherein said post-processing system is further adapted to display a viewable image of at least one of the heart, a coronary sinus, a left ventricle, a left atrium, and a right atrium; wherein said post-processing system is further adapted to insert at least three geometric markers for subsequent visualization, analysis and registration, each of the geometric markers corresponding with anatomical landmarks in the volume of cardiac image data, for use in the location and navigation of the interventional tool. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning, comprising:
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a medical scanner system configured for generating a volume of cardiac image data; a data acquisition system configured for acquiring the volume of cardiac image data; an image generation system configured for generating at least one viewable image from the volume of cardiac image data; a database configured for storing information from said data acquisition and image generation systems; an operator interface system configured for managing at least one of said medical scanner system, said data acquisition system, said image generation system, and said database; a post-processing system configured for analyzing the volume of cardiac image data and displaying the at least one viewable image and being responsive to said operator interface system; wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in at least one of a bi-ventricular pacing planning, an atrial fibrillation planning, and an atrial flutter planning procedure; wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in location and navigation of an interventional tool in a 3D space of a cardiac chamber corresponding to the volume of cardiac image data; and
,wherein the post-processing system is configured for;
creating a 3D model from the volume of cardiac image data;
inserting at least three geometric markers into the 3D model of the volume of cardiac image data at corresponding anatomical landmarks; and
, storing in the database the 3D model of the volume of cardiac image data with the inserted at least three geometric markers and corresponding anatomical landmarks for subsequent visualization, analysis and registration, for use in the location and navigation of the interventional tool. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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