Systems and methods facilitating pre-operative prediction of post-operative tissue function
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsFrancesca Rossetto, Joe D. Sartor
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Abstract
Systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-operative tissue function to assist a clinician in planning for and carrying out a surgical procedure. In particular, systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-resection lung tissue function, thus assisting a clinician in determining the location(s) and volume(s) of lung tissue to be resected.
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(canceled)
A method of pre-operative surgical planning, comprising:
- generating a pre-resection 3D model of a tissue structure;
- displaying the pre-resection 3D model of the tissue structure on a user interface;
- simulating, on the pre-resection 3D model, collapsing the tissue structure to generate a collapsed pre-resection 3D model′ displaying the collapsed pre-resection 3D model;
- selecting a portion of tissue to remove from the collapsed pre-resection 3D model;
- simulating inflation of the tissue structure with the selected position of tissue removed to generate an inflated post-resection 3D model;
- and
- displaying the inflated post-resection 3D model.
A method of pre-operative surgical planning, comprising:
- simulating collapsing a tissue structure to generate a collapsed pre-resection 3D model;
- simulating, on the collapsed pre-resection 3D model, removal of a selected portion of tissue based upon at at least one resection line provided on the collapsed pre-resection 3D model;
- simulating inflation of the tissue structure with the selected portion of tissue removed to generate an inflated post-resection 3D model;
- and
- displaying the inflated post-resection 3D model on a user interface.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of:
- generating a pre-resection 3D model of a tissue structure;
- displaying the pre-resection 3D model of the tissue structure on a user interface;
- simulating, on the pre-resection 3D model, collapsing the tissue structure to generate a collapsed pre-resection 3D model′
- displaying the collapsed pre-resection 3D model;
- selecting a portion of tissue to remove from the collapsed pre-resection 3D model;
- simulating inflation of the tissue structure with the selected position of tissue removed to generate an inflated post-resection 3D model;
- and
- displaying the inflated post-resection 3D model.
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