System and Method for Viewing a Subject
AssigneeMedtronic Navigation, Inc.
InventorsYvan Paitel, Neil F. Straka, Timothy J. Schaewe
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Abstract
A viewing system or imaging system is disclosed that includes optical pieces for viewing a subject. The viewing system may include features that allow an augmented mixed view through eyepieces of the viewing system. The mixed view may include graphical representations that are acquired or determined with information separate from the viewing system.
Claims22
A method of generating a display for viewing in a view through an eyepiece of a microscope, comprising:
- determining a pose of a head of the microscope relative to a subject;
- at least one of determining a target within the subject;
- displaying a target graphical representation at the determined or recalled location of the target for simultaneous viewing with a live view of the subject with the eyepiece;
- evaluating a fluorescence from the subject;
- determining a target boundary based on the evaluated fluorescence from the subject;
- generating an updated target graphical representation based on the determined target boundary from the evaluated fluorescence;
- and
- displaying the updated target graphical representation without the fluorescence.
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A method of generating a display for viewing in a view through an eyepiece of a microscope, comprising:
- determining a target pose of a target of a subject relative to a viewing plane through the eyepiece;
- determining a target graphical representation of the target in the subject;
- displaying the target graphical representation at the determined target location of the target for simultaneous viewing with a live view of the subject;
- evaluating a fluorescence from the subject;
- determining a target boundary based on the evaluated fluorescence from the subject;
- generating an updated target graphical representation based on the determined target boundary from the evaluated fluorescence;
- and
- displaying the updated target graphical representation without the fluorescence.
A system for viewing a subject through an eyepiece of a microscope, comprising:
- a processor system configured to access a memory system and execute instructions to:
- determine a position of a target relative to a plane that is viewable through the eyepiece;
- generate a graphical representation of the target;
- display the graphical representation of the target relative to the plane;
- wherein the graphical representation and the subject are viewable through the eyepiece simultaneously;
- evaluate a fluorescence from the subject;
- determine a target boundary based on the evaluated fluorescence from the subject;
- generate an updated target graphical representation based on the determined target boundary from the evaluated fluorescence;
- and
- display the updated target graphical representation without the fluorescence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.