Abstract:
In order to enable patient data to be reliably taken into account in a simple manner for examination by means of an imaging medical diagnostic equipment of a patient positionable on a table top of a patient table, it is provided according to the invention for an occupancy distribution exerted by the patient on the table top to be ascertained, patient data corresponding to this occupancy distribution, specifically in respect of body dimensions and/or body posture, to be determined, and the diagnostic equipment to be adjusted according to the patient data; to ascertain the occupancy distribution, there is advantageously provided a distribution of pressure sensors.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for visually supporting an electrophysiological catheter application in the heart, in which, during the execution of the catheter application, 2D fluoroscopy images (13) of the area of the heart being treated are recorded with an x-ray image recording system (5) and displayed together with 3D mapping data (14) of the area being treated, said 3D mapping data having been prepared simultaneously. A feature of this method is that the 2D fluoroscopy images (13) are registered with the 3D mapping data (14), and said 3D mapping data (14) is displayed, from the same perspective as the 2D fluoroscopy images (13), alongside said 2D fluoroscopy images (13) or image content derived from these (14), or is superimposed over them in the display.
Abstract:
In an optical coherence tomography system for the examination of human or animal tissue or organs, a catheter is insertable into the tissue or organ to introduce light into the tissue or organ and the reflection is transmitted to an evaluation unit, where the reflection and a reference light are evaluated interferometrically to determine a two-dimensional cross-sectional view of the tissue or organ. At least one position sensor is at the tip of the catheter, and a position-determining system derives position data describing the current position of the position sensor in the coordinate system of the position-determining system. The position-determining system also captures position data regarding the spatial position of the cross-sectional views in the same coordinate system and the evaluation system derives a three-dimensional view from several of the cross-sectional views and the corresponding position data.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a device for the combined representation of a series of 2D fluoroscopic images of the beating heart with a static 3D image data set of the same heart. The fluoroscopic images are registered with the 3D image data set and from this a 2D pseudo-projection on to the image plane of each fluoroscopic image generated in each case. This is then represented with the associated fluoroscopic image overlaid. The method is characterized in that the pseudo-projection is represented differently in each case or is not represented depending on the interval of the cardiac phase of the currently represented fluoroscopic image relative to the cardiac phase of the 3D image data set.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for merging a 2D radioscopy image with an image obtained from a 3D image data record, having a memory unit that stores the 2D radioscopy image and the 3D image data record, a segmentation unit that segments an inner surface of a hollow organ from the 3D image data record, a registration unit that registers the 2D radioscopy image with the 3D image data record, a back-projection unit that back-projects the pixels of the 2D radioscopy image onto the segmented surface, taking account of the projection geometry of the 2D radioscopy image and the registration, and an image merger unit that generates a virtual endoscopy view of the surface from the segmented surface using the back-projected pixels. The device primarily allows 2D radioscopy images to be superimposed during interventional procedures with a fly display of the interior of an interesting organ.
Abstract:
An x-ray device for recording projection images of a patient features a C-arm on the ends of which an x-ray source and an x-ray detector are accommodated. The x-ray detector is accommodated on the C-arm so that translation movements can be executed with the x-ray detector in relation to the C-arm. This allows the angulation area or the area of the x-ray device with which an image can be recorded to be increased.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a device for positioned accurately displaying regions of interest tissue in a three-dimensional reconstruction representation derived from a first image dataset previously recorded for a hollow organ in a patient, comprising: recording catheter image dataset by an image recording catheter placed in the hollow organ and registering the first image dataset with the catheter image dataset; segmenting from the first image dataset a section of interest tissue or a tissue bounding this section and locating the section of tissue; forming an image dataset for the section of tissue using the segmentation and the registration in cropping out from the catheter image dataset the image data which shows this section of tissue; generating an image display of the section of tissue or the region of tissue derived from it and displaying in the three-dimensional reconstruction representation.
Abstract:
A method is provided for configuring medical devices such as medical devices used in a clinical trial. Based on the needs of the clinical trial, a definition of a configuration of the medical devices to be used in the clinical trial is generated and the configuration data is transformed into a profile. The profile is distributed to sites at which the clinical trial will be conducted and the profile is applied to the medical devices at the sites to configure the medical devices. The medical devices are thereby capable of producing data that is comparable as between the sites used in the clinical trial.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for presenting a number of two- or three-dimensional images from different modalities registered with each other, with points of interest being able to be assigned to an individual image of the modalities and in all images selectable graphics primitives being overlaid on the assigned points of interest so that a visual assignment of points of interest or area of interest between simultaneously displayed two- or three-dimensional images occurs, as well as an imaging system of a workstation for executing the method.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for reconstructing a three-dimensional target volume, particularly within the human body, in realtime and displaying it, with a three-dimensional reconstruction volume being determined from a basic set comprising a minimum number of two-dimensional images obtained from an image recording device located within the target volume, wherein, when a new image is included in the basic set, locally limited updating at least of the reconstruction volume's partial areas covered by the new image will under a predefined condition be performed and the updated reconstruction volume will be displayed.