Systems and methods for integrating intraoperative image data with minimally invasive medical techniques

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
• upon a determination that an instrument is parked in close proximity to a pre-operative location of a target, initiate recording of shape data for the instrument during an image capture period of an imaging system;
• receive image data from the imaging system corresponding to the image capture period, wherein a portion of the image data corresponds to the instrument;
• identify the target in the image data;
• segment the portion of the image data corresponding to the instrument;
• register the image data to the shape data by comparing the shape data to the portion of the image data corresponding to the instrument;
• and
• update a location of the target from the pre-operative location to an intra-operative location based upon the image data.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
• upon a determination that a breath-hold has been initiated based upon shape data for an instrument, record the shape data during an image capture period of an imaging system;
• receive image data from the imaging system corresponding to the image capture period, wherein a portion of the image data corresponds to the instrument;
• identify a target in the image data;
• segment the portion of the image data corresponding to the instrument;
• register the image data to the shape data by comparing the shape data to the portion of the image data corresponding to the instrument;
• and
• update a location of the target from a pre-operative location to an intra-operative location based upon the image data.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
• record shape data for an instrument during an image capture period of an imaging system;
• receive image data from the imaging system corresponding to the image capture period, wherein a portion of the image data corresponds to the instrument;
• identify a target in the image data;
• determine that identifying the target has produced unsatisfactory results;
• segment the portion of the image data corresponding to the instrument;
• register the image data to the shape data by comparing the shape data to the portion of the image data corresponding to the instrument;
• and
• update a location of the target from a pre-operative location to an intra-operative location based upon the image data.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
• record shape data for an instrument during an image capture period of an imaging system;
• receive image data from the imaging system corresponding to the image capture period, wherein a portion of the image data corresponds to the instrument;
• identify a target in the image data;
• segment the portion of the image data corresponding to the instrument;
• determine that segmenting the portion of the image data corresponding to the instrument has produced unsatisfactory results;
• register the image data to the shape data by comparing the shape data to the portion of the image data corresponding to the instrument;
• and
• update a location of the target from a pre-operative location to an intra-operative location based upon the image data.