Imaging system and method for use of same to determine metric scale of imaged bodily anatomy
First Claim
1. A method for determining geometrical characteristics of a closed cavity associated with a tissue with the use of an imaging system, the method comprising:
- at a data-processing unit of the imaging system, receiving first data acquired by an optical camera of the imaging system, the camera being repositionable within the closed cavity, the first data representing the closed cavity on a process-determined scale associated with the closed cavity;
tracking repositioning of the camera in three-dimensional (3D) space with the use of a tracking element of the imaging system to generate second data representing position and orientation of the camera in 3D, the tracking element being in operable communication with the data-processing unit;
andwith the data-processing unit, recovering a true metric scale of the closed cavity based on the first and second data, the data-processing unit being programmed to derive position and orientation of the camera with respect to a camera'"'"'s reference frame, the true metric scale representing results of absolute measurement of said geometrical characteristics.
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Abstract
Repositionable imaging system and method for creating a 3D image of a closed cavity of a patient'"'"'s anatomy containing the imaging system, estimating characteristics of motion of the system within the cavity, and determining a metric dimension characterizing the cavity without the use of mechanical measurement. The system may include tracking device located externally with respect to the cavity to determine a scale measurement of the system'"'"'s motion and the structure of the cavity. The system'"'"'s computer processor is configured to determine triangulated features of the cavity and recover motion scale data with the use of data received from the tracking device. A specific imaging system includes an endoscope (equipped with an electrical coil and complemented with an external electromagnetic tracker).
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17 Claims
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1. A method for determining geometrical characteristics of a closed cavity associated with a tissue with the use of an imaging system, the method comprising:
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at a data-processing unit of the imaging system, receiving first data acquired by an optical camera of the imaging system, the camera being repositionable within the closed cavity, the first data representing the closed cavity on a process-determined scale associated with the closed cavity; tracking repositioning of the camera in three-dimensional (3D) space with the use of a tracking element of the imaging system to generate second data representing position and orientation of the camera in 3D, the tracking element being in operable communication with the data-processing unit; and with the data-processing unit, recovering a true metric scale of the closed cavity based on the first and second data, the data-processing unit being programmed to derive position and orientation of the camera with respect to a camera'"'"'s reference frame, the true metric scale representing results of absolute measurement of said geometrical characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An imaging system enabled to generate an image representing a closed bodily cavity, the imaging system comprising:
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an optical camera configured to acquire first data from inside the closed cavity, the acquired first data representing a three-dimensional (3D) structure of said closed cavity on a local topographical scale, the optical camera being enabled to move with respect to the closed cavity; a tracking device in operable communication with the optical camera and enabling an acquisition of second data that represents repositioning of the optical camera with respect to the closed cavity; and a computer processor in operable cooperation with the optical camera and the tracking element, the computer processor programmed to recover a true metric scale associated with geometry of the closed cavity based on the first and second data; and determine geometrical characteristics of the closed cavity based on the 3D structure of the closed cavity and with respect to recovered true metric scale, the recovered true metric scale representing results of absolute measurement of said geometrical characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for forming a three-dimensional (3D) rendering a closed cavity of a patient'"'"'s anatomy, comprising:
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acquiring a series of images of the closed cavity with an imaging system repositionably located therein, different images from the series corresponding to different positions of the imaging system; determining a motion of the imaging system based on the images from the series with a data-processing system that is operably cooperated with the imaging system; computing a graded dimension of the closed cavity based on a metric scale of the motion of the imaging system that has been determined based at least in part on data representing the repositioning of the imaging system and acquired with the use of a tracking device located externally with respect to the closed cavity; and forming the 3D image of at least a portion of the closed cavity in proportion to the computed graded dimension. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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