title:: EP2956065A1 — Method and apparatus for image fusion based planning of c-arm angulation for structural heart disease
patent:: EP2956065A1
status:: published 2015-12-23 · Granted
filed:: 2014-02-12
assignee:: Siemens Corporation
people:: Matthias John, Murrill Michael SZUCS, Razvan Ionasec, Alois Noettling, Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc
domain:: Image-Guided Intervention, Computer Vision, Cardiology, Computational Modeling
link:: https://patents.google.com/patent/EP2956065A1/en
Abstract
A method and system for determining an angulation of a C-arm image acquisition system for a cardiac intervention is disclosed. A 3D ultrasound image including a cardiac region is received. The 3D ultrasound image is registered to a 3D coordinate system of the C-arm image acquisition system. A cardiac structure of interest is detected in the registered 3D ultrasound image. An angulation of the C-arm image acquisition system is determined based on the detected structure of interest in the registered 3D ultrasound image.
Data Points
- EP2956065A1 — published European application (kind code A1)
- Filed 2014-02-12, published 2015-12-23
- Legal status today — Granted
- Assignee — Siemens Corporation
- Co-inventors — Matthias John, Murrill Michael SZUCS, Alois Noettling, Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc
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