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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsPeter Maria Johannes Rongen, Raoul Florent, Pierre Lelong
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A method for use in a medical viewing system for processing for display a sequence of images of a medical intervention comprising manipulating a tool such as a stent (25) within an artery. Two markers (21, 22) are provided on the tool support (10) and the method includes extracting these markers (21, 22) to yield marker location information, from which tool location information can be derived. The image of the tool within the sequence of images is then enhanced relative to the background. The background can be additionally blurred by simulating or effecting relative movement of the image detector and the stent (25) by, for example, zooming in on the stent (25) or rotating the detector relative thereto, during acquisition of the sequence of images.
A method for use in a medical viewing system (53) for processing for display a sequence of images of a medical intervention that comprises moving and/or positioning a tool (25) in a body organ using a tool support (10), the method comprising the steps of acquiring by means of an image detector (51), a sequence of images of said tool (25) during said medical intervention, during which acquisition step, movement of said image detector (51) relative to said tool (25) is effected or simulated, automatically extracting (11, 12, 21, 22) a marker attached to said tool support (10) and yielding marker location information, deriving tool location information from said marker location information, and enhancing the images of said sequence to improve the visibility of said tool (25) relative to the background.
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