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US 2017/0281284 A1Published application
Generating images for at least two displays in image-guided surgery
AssigneeBrainlab AG
InventorsGregor Tuma, Markus Bartenstein, Johannes Manus, Michael Gschwandtner, Fritz Vollmer
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Abstract
A system, in particular for image-guided surgery, comprising: at least two display devices; a position determinator for determining the relative position of the display devices; and an image generator for generating images, which are to be displayed by the display devices, in accordance with the determined relative position.
Claims27
A system (1) for use in an associated image-guided procedure, the system (1) comprising:
- a first display device (2);
- a second display device (3) different than the first display device (2);
- a position determinator (8), the position determinator (8) determining a relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3);
- an image generator (9), the image generator being configured to generate a first image to be displayed by the first display device (2) in accordance with the determined relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3), and the image generator being configured to generate a second image to be displayed by the second display device (3) in accordance with the determined relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3);
- a viewer detector, the viewer detector detecting an associated person viewing at least one of the first display device (2) and/or the second display device (3);
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- a viewing tracker, the viewing tracker determining as a viewed display device which of the first and/or second display devices is being viewed by the associated person,
- wherein the image generator (9) generates a particular first image for the viewed display device of the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3) in accordance with the relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3),
- wherein the viewed display device of the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3) persistently displays at least some of the particular first image.
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A method of generating images developed in an associated image-guided procedure for first and second display devices (2, 3) of an associated system (1), the method comprising:
- determining by a position determinator (8) of the associated system (1) a relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3);
- generating by an image generator (9) of the associated system (1) a first image to be displayed by the first display device (2) of the associated system (1) in accordance with the determined relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3), and a second image to be displayed by the second display device (3) of the associated system (1) in accordance with the determined relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3);
- detecting by a viewer detector an associated person viewing at least one of the first display device (2) and/or the second display device (3);
- determining by a viewing tracker as a viewed display device which of the first and/or second display devices is being viewed by the associated person;
- generating by the image generator (9) a particular first image for the viewed display device of the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3) in accordance with the relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3);
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- persistently displaying at least some of the particular first image by the viewed display device of the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3).
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A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause an associated system (1) including first and second display devices (2, 3) to perform in an associated image-guided procedure steps comprising:
- determining by a position determinator (8) of the associated system (1) a relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3);
- generating by an image generator (9) of the associated system (1) a first image to be displayed by the first display device (2) of the associated system (1) in accordance with the determined relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3), and a second image to be displayed by the second display device (3) of the associated system (1) in accordance with the determined relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3);
- detecting by a viewer detector an associated person viewing at least one of the first display device (2) and/or the second display device (3);
- determining by a viewing tracker as a viewed display device which of the first and/or second display devices is being viewed by the associated person;
- generating by the image generator (9) a particular first image for the viewed display device of the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3) in accordance with the relative position between the first and second display devices (2, 3);
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- persistently displaying at least some of the particular first image by the viewed display device of the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.