System and method for synchronizing radiologic events with non-radiologic images
AssigneeSee All AI Inc.
InventorsTodd Furlong, Robert Gilliam, Thomas Michael Thornton, Justin Faulk
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Abstract
A system and method for synchronizing radiologic events with non-radiologic images utilizes a radiation detection device responsive to the source of radiation, a surgical navigation camera for capturing non-radiologic images of a subject, and a correlation module configured to synchronize time stamps of at least one non-radiologic image with meta data representing the radiation event. In embodiments, the radiation event time stamp and the non-radiologic image time stamp are generated with a synchronized time base.
Claims30
A method for synchronizing radiologic events with non-radiologic images, the method comprising:
- A) detecting with a sensor a radiation event having a predetermined level of radiation and generating a radiation event signal in response thereto;
- B) associating an event time stamp with metadata describing the radiation event upon receiving the radiation event signal;
- C) capturing a plurality of non-radiologic images of a subject with an image capture device substantially simultaneously with receiving the radiation event signal, each of the plurality of non-radiologic images having a respective image time stamp associated therewith;
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- D) correlating with program logic the event time stamp with one of the plurality of image time stamps.
A method for synchronizing radiologic events with non-radiologic images, the method comprising:
- A) detecting with a sensor a radiation event having a predetermined level of radiation and generating a radiation event signal in response thereto;
- B) associating an event time stamp with metadata describing the radiation event upon receiving the radiation event signal by program logic;
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- C) associating the metadata describing the radiation event with a non-radiologic image having an image time stamp correlated with the event time stamp,
- wherein the event time stamp and the image time stamp are generated with a synchronized time base.
A system for synchronizing radiologic events with non-radiologic images, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate a radiation event signal in response to detecting a level of radiation;
- a processing module responsive to the radiation event signal and configured to associate an event time stamp with metadata describing the radiation event upon receiving the radiation event signal,
- an image capture device configured for capturing a plurality of non-radiologic images of a subject, each of the plurality of non-radiologic images having a respective image time stamp associated therewith;
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- a correlation module, responsive to the processing module and respective image time stamps, configured to associating the metadata describing the radiation event with one of the plurality of non-radiologic images having an image time stamp correlated with the event time stamp.
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A surgical navigation synchronizing system for use with an imaging system having a source of radiation and capable of generating radiologic images, the synchronizing system comprising:
- a radiation detection device responsive to a source of radiation;
- a surgical navigation camera for capturing non-radiologic images of a subject, and
- a correlation module responsive to the radiation detection device and configured to receive at least non-radiologic image from the surgical navigation camera when the radiation detection device detects that the source of radiation is active and further configured to synchronize the at least one non-radiologic image with meta data representing the radiation event.
The system of claim 24 wherein the correlation module associates an event time stamp with one of the plurality of image time stamps having a closest time stamp value.
The system of claim 24 wherein the correlation module associates the event time stamp with one of the plurality of image time stamps based on a sequential order of the plurality of image time stamps.
The system of claim 24 wherein the radiation event comprises capturing a radiologic image of the subject with a radiologic imaging device.
The system of claim 24 further comprising an image capture device configured for capturing a plurality of visible light images of a subject substantially simultaneously with receiving the radiation event signal.
The system of claim 24 further comprising an image capture device configured for capturing a plurality of infrared light images of a subject substantially simultaneously with receiving the radiation event signal.
The system of claim 24 wherein the event time stamp and the image time stamp are generated with a synchronized time base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.