公开(公告)号：US20220280245A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17685333

申请日：2022-03-02

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Eric N. Lent ,  Niraj Prasad Rauniyar ,  Steven T. Carlson ,  Robert J. Riker ,  Longquan Chen ,  Jeffrey A. Meganck ,  Andrea M. Cahill ,  Aaron Silva

IPC: A61B34/20

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for determining anatomical distance and/or position measurements during an endoscopic procedure. Markings are placed either physically or superimposed on a distal end of an elongate tool, such that the markings are viewable in an imaging field of view of the endoscope. Anatomic distances may be determined by measurements performed with the tool. The size and/or position of anatomical structures or unknown objects may also be determined using the marked tool.

公开(公告)号：US20230078857A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17940610

申请日：2022-09-08

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Niraj Prasad Rauniyar ,  Robert J. Riker ,  Longquan Chen

IPC: G06T7/521 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/40

Abstract: Systems and methods related to estimating the distance of a body structure from a medical device are disclosed. An example method includes illuminating the body structure with a light source of a medical device, capturing a first input image of the body structure with a digital camera positioned on the medical device, representing the first image with a first plurality of pixels, wherein the first plurality of pixels includes one or more pixels displaying a local intensity maxima, defining a first pixel group from the one or more pixels displaying a local intensity maxima, wherein the first pixel group corresponds to a plurality of surface points of the body structure and wherein the first pixel group further includes a first image intensity. The method further includes calculating a relative distance from the digital camera to a first surface point of the plurality of surface points.

公开(公告)号：US11430097B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16948013

申请日：2020-08-27

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Niraj Prasad Rauniyar ,  Robert J. Riker ,  Timothy Paul Harrah

IPC: G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T7/32 ,  G06T7/70 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B5/06 ,  G06T3/00 ,  G06T3/40 ,  H04N5/225

Abstract: An endoscopic system includes an endoscopic imager configured to capture image frames of a target site within a living body and a processor configured to apply a spatial transform to a preliminary set of image frames, the spatial transform converting the image frames into cylindrical coordinates; calculate a map image from the spatially transformed image frames, each pixel position in the map image being defined with a vector of fixed dimension; align a current image frame with the map image and apply the spatial transform to the current image frame; fuse the spatially transformed current image frame to the map image to generate a fused image; and apply an inverse spatial transform to the fused image to generate an enhanced current image frame having a greater spatial resolution than the current image frame. The system also includes a display displaying the enhanced current image frame.

公开(公告)号：US11954834B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17815445

申请日：2022-07-27

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Niraj Prasad Rauniyar ,  Robert J. Riker ,  Timothy Paul Harrah

IPC: G06T7/246 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B5/06 ,  G06T3/00 ,  G06T3/4053 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/32 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T7/70 ,  H04N23/50 ,  G06K9/32

CPC classification number: G06T5/50 ,  A61B1/00045 ,  A61B5/065 ,  G06T3/0012 ,  G06T3/0068 ,  G06T3/4053 ,  G06T7/32 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T7/70 ,  H04N23/50 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/10068 ,  G06T2207/20221 ,  G06T2207/30084 ,  H04N23/555

Abstract: An endoscopic system includes an endoscopic imager configured to capture image frames of a target site within a living body and a processor configured to apply a spatial transform to a preliminary set of image frames, the spatial transform converting the image frames into cylindrical coordinates; calculate a map image from the spatially transformed image frames, each pixel position in the map image being defined with a vector of fixed dimension; align a current image frame with the map image and apply the spatial transform to the current image frame; fuse the spatially transformed current image frame to the map image to generate a fused image; and apply an inverse spatial transform to the fused image to generate an enhanced current image frame having a greater spatial resolution than the current image frame. The system also includes a display displaying the enhanced current image frame.

公开(公告)号：US20230081476A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17940518

申请日：2022-09-08

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Niraj Prasad Rauniyar ,  Robert J. Riker ,  Longquan Chen ,  Matthew J. Strong

IPC: G06T7/33 ,  H04N13/111 ,  G06T7/593 ,  G06T7/73 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/04

Abstract: Systems and methods related to combing multiple images are disclosed. An example method of combining multiple images of a body structure includes capturing a first input image with a digital camera positioned at a first location at a first time point, representing the first image with a first plurality of pixels, capturing a second input image with the digital camera positioned at a second location at a second time point, representing the second image with a second plurality of pixels, generating a first feature distance map of the first input image, generating a second feature distance map of the second input image, calculating the positional change of the digital camera between the first time point and the second time point and utilizing the first feature distance map, the second feature distance map and the positional change of the digital camera to generate a three-dimensional surface approximation the body structure.