Generating images for at least two displays in image-guided surgery
AssigneeBrainlab AG
InventorsGregor Tuma, Markus Bartenstein, Johannes Manus, Michael Gschwandtner, Fritz Vollmer
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
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.
Claims17
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);
- 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);
- and
- 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), and the viewer detector identifying the associated person who is viewing the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3) as an identified viewer,
- wherein the image generator (9) generates in accordance with the identified viewer at least one of a particular first image and/or a particular second image for the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3) being viewed by the associated person, respectively.
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 of the associated system (1) an associated person viewing at least one of the first display device (2) and/or the second display device (3);
- identifying by the viewer detector the associated person who is viewing the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3) as an identified viewer;
- and
- generating by the image generator (9) in accordance with the identified viewer at least one of a particular first image and/or a particular second image for the at least one of the first and/or second display devices (2, 3) being viewed by the associated person, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.