Fiducial Markers for Fluorescent 3D imaging
AssigneeLantos Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAlison M. Forsyth, Daniel Vlasic, Ben Frantzdale, Alban De Brouchoven, Xiaowei Chen, Manas Menon, Federico Frigerio
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Abstract
In some example embodiments, there may be provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a balloon membrane including an opening, an exterior surface, and an interior surface, the interior surface including one or more fiducial markers forming a pattern detectable by a scanner imaging the interior surface of the inflatable membrane. Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, may also be provided.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a balloon membrane including an opening, an exterior surface, and an interior surface, the interior surface including one or more fiducial markers forming a pattern detectable by a scanner imaging the interior surface of the inflatable membrane.
The apparatus of 5, wherein the at least one missing fiducial marker indicates a relative location on the pattern and on the interior surface of the balloon membrane.
A method comprising:
- receiving a first data representative of a first scanned portion of an interior surface of a balloon membrane and a second data representative of a second scanned portion of the interior surface of the balloon membrane, the interior surface including a pattern comprising one or more fiducial markers;
- detecting from the first data a first portion of the pattern, the first portion indicating a location of the first portion within the pattern and the interior surface of the balloon membrane;
- detecting from the second data a second portion of the pattern, the second portion indicating another location of the second portion within the pattern and the interior surface of the balloon membrane;
- and
- combining, based on the first portion of the pattern and the second portion of the pattern, the first data and the second data to form a three dimensional representation of the interior surface.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including code, which when executed by at least one processor circuitry provided operations comprising:
- receiving a first data representative of a first scanned portion of an interior surface of a balloon membrane and a second data representative of a second scanned portion of the interior surface of the balloon membrane, the interior surface including a pattern comprising one or more fiducial markers;
- detecting from the first data a first portion of the pattern, the first portion indicating a location of the first portion within the pattern and the interior surface of the balloon membrane;
- detecting from the second data a second portion of the pattern, the second portion indicating another location of the second portion within the pattern and the interior surface of the balloon membrane;
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- combining, based on the first portion of the pattern and the second portion of the pattern, the first data and the second data to form a three dimensional representation of the interior surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.