Abstract:
A data processing method for determining the positional information of characteristic points of a leg, the method comprising the following steps performed by a computer: a) acquiring, by detecting via a hand-held device a stationary reference (R3) and at least one further information, at least four different positions of the femur (F), wherein the pelvis within which the femur (F) can turn is stationary with respect to the stationary reference (R3) and the femur (F) is in a different position each time a positional information value of the femur (F) is acquired; b) determining from the at least four different acquired positional information values of the femur (F) the position of the center of rotation (COR) of the femoral head in relation to a femur reference (R1, R4); c) acquiring a femur information by detecting via a hand-held device a femur reference (R1), and at least one further information; d) determining from the femur information and the at least one further information acquired in step c) the distal end point of the femur axis and the proximal end point of the tibia axis at least in relation to the femur reference (R1); and e) determining the distal end point of the tibia axis by acquiring via a hand-held device the positional information of an ankle reference (R2) being at the distal end point of the tibia axis.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a data processing method of determining a positional transformation (T, M) for correcting the registration of an anatomical body part with a medical imaging apparatus, the method being executed by a computer and comprising the following steps: a) acquiring initial body part position data comprising initial body part position information describing an initial relative position (1) between the medical imaging apparatus and the anatomical body part; b) acquiring, from the medical imaging apparatus, body part medical image data comprising body part medical image information describing an image of the anatomical body part; c) acquiring, based on the body part medical imaging data, actual body part position data comprising actual body part position information describing an actual relative position (2, 4) between the anatomical body part and the medical imaging apparatus; d) determining, based on the actual body part position data and the initial body part position data, body part position transformation data comprising body part position transformation information describing a transformation (T, M) between the initial relative position (1) between the anatomical body part and the medical imaging apparatus, and the actual relative position (2, 4) between the anatomical body part and the medical imaging apparatus.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a medical data processing method of transforming a representation of an anatomical structure (1) of a patient in a first imaging modality into a representation of the anatomical structure (1′) in a second, other imaging modality, the method being constituted to be executed by a computer and comprising the following steps: a) acquiring (S1) first modality image data describing the first modality medical image containing the representation of the anatomical structure (1) in the first imaging modality; b) acquiring (S1) atlas data describing a first modality atlas image describing a general structure of the anatomical structure (1) in the first imaging modality, the atlas data containing information about the representation of the general structure in the second imaging modality; c) determining (S3), based on the first modality image data and the atlas data, a first matching transformation between the first modality medical image and the first modality atlas image; d) determining (S5), based on the first matching transformation and the first modality atlas image and the information about the representation of the general structure in the second imaging modality second modality, a second modality image representation of the first modality medical
Abstract:
A data processing method for determining data which are referred to as atlas data and comprise information on a description of an image of a general anatomical structure, wherein this image is referred to as the atlas image, the method comprising the following steps performed by a computer: acquiring patient data which comprise a description of a set of images of an anatomical structure of a set of patients, wherein the images are referred to as patient images and each patient image is associated with a parameter set which comprises one or more parameters which obtain when the patient images are generated, wherein the parameters influence representations of anatomical elements as expressed by image values in the patient images; acquiring model data which comprise information on a description of an image of a model of an anatomical structure of a (single or average or generic) patient which is referred to as the model image and is associated with the parameter set; determining matching transformations which are referred to as PM transformations and which are constituted to respectively match the set of patient images of the set of patients to the model image by matching images associated with the same parameter set; determining an inverse average transformation by applying an inverting and averaging operation to the determined PM transformations; and a) determining the atlas data by applying the determined inverse average transformation to the model data; or b) respectively applying the determined PM transformations to the respective patient images in order to determine matched patient images, averaging the matched patient images in order to determine an average matched patient image, and determining the atlas data by applying the determined inverse average transformation to the average matched patient image.
Abstract:
A data processing method for determining a path of a neural fibre in a patient, comprising the steps of: a) acquiring an atlas dataset representing an atlas of a fibrous structure comprising the neural fibre b) acquiring a nerve indicating dataset comprising information suitable for identifying the neural fibre in the patient c) calculating a matched atlas dataset by registering the atlas dataset with the nerve indicating dataset d) obtaining a generic path of the neural fibre from the matched atlas dataset e) defining a constraining volume in the patient around the generic path, the constraining volume having at least two end surfaces on which the generic path ends and f) determining the path of the neural fibre between end surfaces using a probabilistic approach, wherein the determined path lies completely within the constraining volume.
Abstract:
A data processing method for determining a position of at least two body parts relative to one another, which at least two body parts are connected to one another by at least one joint, the method being executed by a computer and comprising acquiring initial body part position transformation data comprising initial body part position transformation information describing an initial transformation between positions of the at least two body parts in a predetermined pose of the at least two body parts; acquiring alteration transformation data comprising alteration transformation information describing a transformation between a position of a first alteration part of at least one first body part of the at least two body parts, which first alteration part represents a first virtual anatomical alteration to the at least one first body part, and a position of an anatomically unaltered part of the at least one first body part; determining, based on the initial body part position transformation data and the alteration transformation data, altered body part position transformation data comprising altered body part position transformation information describing a transformation between a position of the first alteration part and a position of a second other one of the at least two body parts in the predetermined pose.
Abstract:
A catheter for administering a substance into a patient's tissue including a number of pressure sensors for detecting changes in the shape of the catheter or s a backflow along the surface of the catheter. In response to the pressure distribution profile collected along the surface or length of the catheter, the physician may simulate or adapt the substance administration plan to accommodate the actual position of the catheter or the backflow along the surface of the catheter.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for supporting the treatment of a patient, of which a patient data record was made available by an image-generating method, by means of a navigation system, the navigation system detecting and tracking the positions of the patient, of his/her parts of the body, and particularly of the target of the treatment and the treatment devices, wherein, either automatically or on demand, either one or several further current patient data records are created by means of an image-generating method, and wherein each current data record is integrated into the navigation system in a computer-aided manner.
Abstract:
Provided is a computer-implemented method for assessing a medical image of an object imaged with an X-ray system. The method proposes to generate one or more positioning data sets, which differ in at least one positioning parameter. The X-ray system images medical images of the object with the one or more positioning data sets. The obtained medical images were assessed by measuring a quality measure in the medical images and comparing the measured quality measures with an evaluation criterion. A positive assessed medical image with the corresponding positioning data is then provided for further processing.
Abstract:
Disclosed is i.a. a computer-implemented method of determining a similarity between medical images which encompasses determining patches, i.e. subsets, of a medical image which is newly input to a data storage and of medical images which has been previously stored, analysing the patches for similar image features in a dimensionality-reduced reference system used for defining the image features, computing a distance between the image features in the dimensionality-reduced reference system, and based on the result of comparing the distances calculated for the newly input image and the previously stored medical images, determining whether the medical images are similar and for example originate from the same patient. Artificial intelligence is used to generate the dimensionality-reduced representation of the image features, i.e. to encode the medical images for further processing by the methods and the system disclosed herein.