Insertion support system

• US 7,929,014 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2006
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Akimoto, Shunya, Ohnishi, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Philippe; Gims S
• Application Number:
  US11/414,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20060203089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,817 Days
• Field of Search: 600/104, 600/114, 600/124, 600/188, 345/427, 348/65
• US Class Current: 348/65
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00009 of image signals during a use of endoscope
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/02 Instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy A61B10/0038 and A61B10/0045 take precedence; needle locating or guiding means A61B17/3403; samplers for enzymology or microbiology C12M1/26; sampling or preparing biological specimens G01N33/48
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/105 Modelling of the patient, e.g. for ligaments or bones
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/2065 Tracking using image or pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/301 for introducing or steering flexible instruments inserted into the body, e.g. catheters or endoscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/10 Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/25 User interfaces for surgical systems

Abstract

With a bronchial tube insertion support system according to the present invention, a route setting unit comprises a route starting-point setting function for setting the insertion starting-point of a bronchial tube, a region-of-interest setting function for setting a region of interest serving as the insertion end-point of the bronchial tube, a route extracting function for extracting an insertion route from an insertion start point to an insertion end point, and a route verifying function for performing verification of the extracted insertion route. According to these functions, of multiple insertion routes, the most appropriate insertion route when performing insertion support is determined.

Claims

1. An insertion support system comprising:

a virtual image generating portion for generating a virtual image of a body cavity path within a subject based on the image data of a three-dimensional region of the subject;

a route starting-point setting portion for setting a starting-point of an insertion route of an endoscope to the body cavity path within the subject;

a region-of-interest setting portion for setting a region of interest within the subject;

a route extracting portion for extracting a plurality of insertion routes to a position of the body cavity path positioned near the region of interest from the starting-point; and

a route verifying portion for verifying the plurality of insertion routes extracted by the route extracting portion,

wherein the route verifying portion includes;

a position specifying portion for specifying an arbitrary position on the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion; and

a display portion for displaying the virtual image in the position specified by the position specifying portion.

2. The insertion support system according to claim 1, comprising a position moving portion for moving the position specified by the position specifying portion.

3. An insertion support system comprising:

a virtual image generating portion for generating a virtual image of a body cavity path within a subject based on the image data of a three-dimensional region of the subject;

a route starting-point setting portion for setting a starting-point of an insertion route of an endoscope to the body cavity path within the subject;

a region-of-interest setting portion for setting a region of interest within the subject;

a route extracting portion for extracting a plurality of insertion routes to the region of interest from the starting-point; and

a route verifying portion for verifying the plurality of insertion routes extracted by the route extracting portion,

wherein the route verifying portion includes;

a position specifying portion for specifying an arbitrary position on the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion; and

a display portion for displaying the virtual image in the position specified by the position specifying portion and displaying the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion on a multistage surface restructuring image based on the image data of the three-dimensional region.

4. An insertion support system comprising:

a virtual image generating portion for generating a virtual image of a body cavity path within a subject based on the image data of a three-dimensional region of the subject;

a route starting-point setting portion for setting a starting-point of an insertion route of an endoscope to the body cavity path within the subject;

a region-of-interest setting portion for setting a region of interest within the subject;

a route extracting portion for extracting a plurality of insertion routes to the region of interest from the starting-point; and

a route verifying portion for verifying the plurality of insertion routes extracted by the route extracting portion,

wherein the route verifying portion includes;

a position specifying portion for specifying an arbitrary position on the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion; and

a display portion for displaying the virtual image in the position specified by the position specifying portion and displaying the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion on the three-dimensional restructuring image of the body cavity path within the subject based on the image data of the three-dimensional region.