US 2001/0041838 A1 · Virtual reality 3D visualization for surgical procedures

Abstract

A method and apparatus for three-dimensional imaging and treatment of a patient's body. The method and apparatus utilize a system for developing a therapy plan for treatment of an organ of the patient, a device for generating ultrasound image data from a treatment region and a device for providing a translucent volume image of a portion of a patient's body and a separate translucent image of the patient organ and a three dimensional viewing device to superimpose a translucent article image to enable viewing of the article image simultaneously with the patient organ and a portion of the patient's body.

Claims19

Dependent claims

An apparatus for three-dimensional imaging and treatment of the body of a patient, comprising:

means for developing a therapy plan for treatment of an organ of the patient;
means for providing image data from a treatment region of the patient's body;
means for providing a translucent volume image of a portion of a patient's body and a separate translucent image of the organ of the patient;
and
means for illustrating via a translucent therapeutic device image for placement in conjunction with the organ of the patient, thereby enabling three dimensional viewing of said device and simultaneously the organ of the patient and the portion of the patient's body.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/897,326Filed 2 Jul 2001

Priority

24 Nov 1997

Published

15 Nov 2001

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification31 codes

A61B 18/18
Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body: by applying electromagnetic…
A61B 8/08
Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves: clinical applications
A61B 8/12
Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves: in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters
A61B 8/42
Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves: details of probe positioning or probe attachment to the patient

Virtual reality 3D visualization for surgical procedures

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Virtual reality 3D visualization for surgical procedures

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Abstract

Claims19