Imaging system and method of delivery of an instrument to an imaged subject
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorDun Alex Li
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Abstract
An embodiment of an imaging system of an imaged subject is provided. The imaging system comprises a controller, and an imaging system and a display in communication with the controller. The imaging system can include an imaging probe having a marker representative of a unique identifier. The display can be illustrative of the imaged data acquired with the imaging probe in combination with a graphic representation of an imaging plane vector representative of a general direction of a field of view (FOV) of image acquisition of the imaging probe traveling through the imaged subject.
Claims22
A tracking system comprising:
- an imaging probe configured to travel through an imaged anatomy, the imaging probe acquiring real-time three-dimensional (3D) image data of the imaged anatomy, the imaging probe configured to provide the 3D image data to an imaging system;
- an input configured to receive, from the imaging system, a 3D model of a portion of the imaged anatomy, the 3D model being generated based on the 3D image data;
- a tracking element integrated with the imaging probe to obtain real-time tracking information representative of a position of the imaging probe, the tracking information being used to generate an imaging plane vector representative of a direction of a field of view (FOV) of image acquisition of the imaging probe;
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- a controller configured to receive a graphic representation of a location of a target site relative to the imaged anatomy, generate a graphical illustration of a path of the imaging probe that leads to the target site, and map the graphic illustration of the path and the imaging plane vector onto the 3D model in real-time.
A method of tracking an imaging probe, the method comprising:
- acquiring real-time three-dimensional (3D) image data of an imaged anatomy with movement of an imaging probe traveling through the imaged anatomy;
- generating a 3D model of a portion of the imaged anatomy based on the 3D image data;
- obtaining real-time tracking information representative of a position of the imaging probe;
- generating an imaging plane vector representative of a general direction of a field of view (FOV) of image acquisition of the imaging probe traveling through the imaged anatomy;
- receiving, from a user, a graphic representation of a location of a target site relative to the imaged anatomy,
- generating a graphical illustration of a path of the imaging probe that leads to the target site;
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- mapping the graphic illustration of the path and the imaging plane vector onto the 3D model in real-time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.