Curved multi-planar reconstruction using fiber optic shape data

A workstation, comprising:

• a shape sensing system including:
• a shape sensing enabled medical device (102) having at least one optical fiber (126);
• and
• an interpretation module (115) configured to receive optical signals from the at least one optical fiber within a structure and interpret the optical signals to determine a shape of the medical device;
• a curved multi-planar reconstruction (CMPR) rendering module includes:
• an image generation module (140) configured to receive the shape of the medical device, register the shape with an image volume (130) of the structure, the CMPR being generated from the image volume using the shape as path information;
• and
• a display (118) for viewing the CMPR.

A method, comprising:

• collecting (602) shape sensing data from a shape sensing device disposed within a three-dimensional structure;
• registering (608) the three-dimensional structure having the shape sensing device therein with an image volume;
• and
• generating (610) a curved multi-planar reconstruction (CMPR) image from the shape sensing data such that the shape sensing data provides a path along which image volume data is employed to provide an image of the three-dimensional structure.