Medical scene model
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorsKlaus J. Kirchberg, Vivek Kumar Singh, Terrence Chen
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Abstract
A method of deriving one or more medical scene model characteristics for use by one or more software applications is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more sensor data streams. Each sensor data stream of the one or more sensor data steams includes position information relating to a medical scene. A medical scene model including a three-dimensional representation of a state of the medical scene is dynamically updated based on the one or more sensor data streams. Based on the medical scene model, the one or more medical scene model characteristics are derived.
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A method of deriving one or more medical scene model characteristics for use by one or more software applications, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more sensor data streams, each sensor data stream of the one or more sensor data streams comprising position information relating to a medical scene;
- dynamically adding at least one sensor data stream to the one or more sensor data streams that are received, dynamically removing at least one sensor data stream from the one or more sensor data streams that are received, or dynamically adding at least one sensor data stream to the one or more sensor data streams that are received and dynamically removing at least one sensor data stream from the one or more sensor data streams that are received;
- dynamically updating, based on the dynamically adding, the dynamically removing, or the dynamically adding and the dynamically removing of the at least one sensor data stream, a medical scene model, the medical scene model comprising a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a state of the medical scene;
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- deriving, based on the medical scene model, the one or more medical scene model characteristics.
An apparatus for deriving one or more medical scene model characteristics for use by one or more software applications, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive one or more sensor data streams, each sensor data stream of the one or more sensor data streams comprising position information relating to a medical scene;
- dynamically add at least one sensor data stream to the one or more sensor data streams that are received, dynamically remove at least one sensor data stream from the one or more sensor data streams that are received, or dynamically add at least one sensor data stream to the one or more sensor data streams that are received and dynamically remove at least one sensor data stream from the one or more sensor data streams that are received;
- receive position parameters from a medical imaging scanner, the position parameters describing a position, an orientation, or the position and the orientation of the medical imaging scanner;
- dynamically update, based on the one or more sensor data streams and the position parameters, imaging parameters, or the position parameters and the imaging parameters, a medical scene model, the medical scene model comprising a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a state of the medical scene;
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- derive, based on the medical scene model, the one or more medical scene model characteristics.
In a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by one or more processors to derive one or more medical scene model characteristics for use by one or more software applications, the instructions comprising:
- receiving one or more sensor data streams, each sensor data stream of the one or more sensor data streams comprising position information relating to a medical scene;
- dynamically adding at least one sensor data stream to the one or more sensor data streams that are received, dynamically removing at least one sensor data stream from the one or more sensor data streams that are received, or dynamically adding at least one sensor data stream to the one or more sensor data streams that are received and dynamically removing at least one sensor data stream from the one or more sensor data streams that are received;
- dynamically updating, based on the one or more sensor data streams, a medical scene model, the medical scene model comprising a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a state of the medical scene;
- deriving, based on the medical scene model, the one or more medical scene model characteristics,
- determining, based on the one or more medical scene model characteristics, a position of a patient;
- determining, based on the position of the patient, an estimate of a position of one or more portions of the patient;
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- determining, based on the estimate of the position of the one or more portions of the patient, one or more control signals for controlling a medical imaging scanner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.