Method for imaging an implanted implant
AssigneesBonetag, Universite De Montpellier, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
InventorsStéphane Naudi, Arnaud Vena, Sylvain Dutrieux, Brice Sorli
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Abstract
An imaging method and device configured to provide an image of an implant previously stored in a database, taking into account an arrangement of an implant implanted in a body is disclosed. To this end, a sensor such as a proximity sensor disposed outside the body is configured to detect a portion of the implant in order to determine data relating to the positioning of same within the body.
Claims15
A method for imaging an implant implanted in a body, comprising at least one iteration of a characterization phase comprising the following steps:
- measuring a positioning of the implant by at least one sensor, known as the measurement sensor, located outside the body, by supplying at least one electrical signal, known as the measured signal, relating to the implant;
- determining, by a processing unit, at least one item of data relating to the positioning of the implant as a function of said measured signal and of a previously established model linking the at least one measured signal to the at least one item of data relating to positioning, said at least one item of data relating to the positioning including at least one orientation data of the implant;
- providing, by a processing unit, an image, referred to as a measured image, from the at least one item of positioning data and a visual model relating to the implant;
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- adapting the visual model based on said at least one item of data relating to the positioning of the implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.