System and method for endoscopic path planning
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1. A system for endoscopic path planning, comprising:
- a memory device for storing a program;
a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the program to;
receive an image of a lung, wherein the image includes airways and arteries, and wherein certain peripheral airways are not visible in the image, but peripheral arteries corresponding to the non-visible peripheral airways are visible in the image;
identify a target in an image of a lung, wherein the target is located near a non-visible peripheral airway; and
automatically generate an endoscopic path to the target, wherein the endoscopic path follows a visible airway that leads to the non-visible peripheral airway, and then, follows a path computed by the processor based on coordinates of the non-visible peripheral airway'"'"'s nearest matching peripheral artery to the target,wherein the endoscopic path is inside the visible airway that leads to the non-visible peripheral airway and the non-visible peripheral airway that leads to the target.
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Abstract
A system and method for endoscopic path planning is provided. The method comprises: identifying a target in a lung, wherein the target is located in a peripheral airway of the lung; generating an endoscopic path to the target, wherein a peripheral artery is used as a surrogate for the peripheral airway; and viewing the endoscopic path.
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1. A system for endoscopic path planning, comprising:
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a memory device for storing a program; a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the program to; receive an image of a lung, wherein the image includes airways and arteries, and wherein certain peripheral airways are not visible in the image, but peripheral arteries corresponding to the non-visible peripheral airways are visible in the image; identify a target in an image of a lung, wherein the target is located near a non-visible peripheral airway; and automatically generate an endoscopic path to the target, wherein the endoscopic path follows a visible airway that leads to the non-visible peripheral airway, and then, follows a path computed by the processor based on coordinates of the non-visible peripheral airway'"'"'s nearest matching peripheral artery to the target, wherein the endoscopic path is inside the visible airway that leads to the non-visible peripheral airway and the non-visible peripheral airway that leads to the target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for endoscopic path planning, comprising:
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means for receiving an image of a lung, wherein the image includes airways and arteries, and wherein certain peripheral airways are not visible in the image, but peripheral arteries corresponding to the non-visible peripheral airways are visible in the image; means for identifying a target in an image of a lung, wherein the target is located near a non-visible peripheral airway; and means for automatically generating an endoscopic path to the target, wherein the endoscopic path follows a visible airway that leads to the non-visible peripheral airway, and then, follows a path computed by a machine based on coordinates of the non-visible peripheral airway'"'"'s nearest matching peripheral artery to the target, wherein the endoscopic path is inside the visible airway that leads to the non-visible peripheral airway and the non-visible peripheral airway that leads to the target.
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