Fiducials detection for movement estimation and guidance

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, at a processing system comprising one or more processors, image data from an optical camera mounted on a C-arm of an X-ray imaging system, wherein the X-ray imaging system comprises an X-ray radiation source, an X-ray detector, and the C-arm having the X-ray radiation source disposed on a first end and the X-ray detector disposed on a second end opposite the first end, wherein the X-ray imaging system is configured to translate the C-arm in multiple different directions and to rotate the C-arm about multiple different axes, and wherein the optical camera is configured to capture image data of a position of the C-arm relative to a location;
• and
• utilizing, via the processing system, machine vision both to determine an initial position of the C-arm relative to the location and to navigate a return of the C-arm to the initial position when the C-arm has been moved from the initial position based on the image data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable code that when executed by a processing system comprising one or more processors, causes the processing system to:

• receive image data from an optical camera mounted on a C-arm of an X-ray imaging system, wherein the X-ray imaging system comprises an X-ray radiation source, an X-ray detector, and the C-arm having the X-ray radiation source disposed on a first end and the X-ray detector disposed on a second end opposite the first end, wherein the X-ray imaging system is configured to translate the C-arm in multiple different directions and to rotate the C-arm about multiple different axes, and wherein the optical camera is configured to capture image data of a position of the C-arm relative to a location;
• and
• utilize machine vision both to determine an initial position of the C-arm relative to the location and to navigate a return of the C-arm to the initial position when the C-arm has been moved from the initial position based on the image data.