Planning of surgical anchor placement location data

    公开(公告)号:US11246665B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-15

    申请号:US17254603

    申请日:2018-07-23

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Inventor: Balint Varkuti

    Abstract: During a sEEG (stereo-electroencephalography) intervention into the skull of a patient, there is requirement to drill a large number of trajectories. Typically, instrument stabilisation platforms and robots for protocols requiring only one or two trajectories are rigidly fixed to the skull using surgical anchor members fixed into the skull around the one or two trajectories. However, because sEEG interventions require a large number of trajectories, an impractical number of surgical anchor members need to be fixed into the skull resulting in patient discomfort. Attachment of an intervention platform to all surgical anchor members is not required at once. Accordingly, it is proposed to search for intersection points of the maximum extent of an intervention platform between at least two trajectory entry points on an object of interest of patient, so that at least one surgical anchor member can be shared when the intersection point is at first and the second trajectories. Any reduction in the number of surgical anchor members inserted into a patient reduces risk and discomfort. The positioning of the shared anchor members can be optimised to enable good mechanical stability, and/or optical registration performance. Furthermore, the number of surgical anchor members required for intervention can be reduced. Because the surgical anchor members are sterilised and made from high quality metal, a cost for performing the procedure can also be reduced.

    AUTOMATIC SETTING OF IMAGING PARAMETERS

    公开(公告)号:US20210398652A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-23

    申请号:US17279904

    申请日:2019-02-14

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Abstract: The present application relates to a computer-implemented medical method of determining a patient-specific setting of at least one imaging parameter of an imaging device. The method includes patient data being acquired, describing information relating to a patient and having impact on the setting of at least one imaging parameter of the imaging device, and imaging parameter data being determined based on the patient data, describing a patient-specific setting of the at least one imaging parameter of the imaging device.

    COMPARTMENTALIZED DYNAMIC ATLAS
    286.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210391061A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17281644

    申请日:2018-11-07

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Abstract: A compartmentalized dynamic anatomic atlas is disclosed, comprising static atlas data comprising spatial element data and element representation data, wherein the spatial element data describes spatial properties of a spatial atlas element and wherein the element representation data describes representational properties assignable to the spatial atlas element, the atlas further comprising dynamic atlas data comprising information on a dynamic property which information is respectively linked to the spatial atlas element.

    TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM USING DIGITALLY RECONSTRUCTED RADIOGRAPHS

    公开(公告)号:US20210383565A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:US17274580

    申请日:2019-09-20

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of training a likelihood-based computational model for determining the position of an image representation of an annotated anatomical structure in a two-dimensional x-ray image, wherein the method encompasses inputting medical DRRs together with annotation to a machine learning algorithm to train the algorithm, i.e. to generate adapted leamable parameters of the machine learning model. The annotations may be derived from metadata associated with the DRRs or may be included in atlas data which is matched with the DRRs to establish a relation between the annotations included in the atlas data and the DRRs. The thus generated machine learning algorithm may then be used to analyse clinical or synthesized DRRs so as to appropriately add annotations to those DRRs and/or identify the position of an anatomical structure in those DRRs.

    Radiotherapy feedback device
    288.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11195608B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16175185

    申请日:2018-10-30

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier

    Abstract: A radiotherapy feedback device is provided which provides one of a plurality of indication signals for presentation to a surgeon based on the status of a current surgical procedure. In some aspects, an indication signal is provided to the surgeon if the surgical procedure on an anatomical structure is of sufficient status so as to respond well to subsequent radiotherapy.

    BEAM PATH BASED PATIENT POSITIONING AND MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20210339050A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17255558

    申请日:2019-07-08

    Applicant: Brainlab AG

    Abstract: A method of positioning a patient for a radiation treatment and/or of monitoring a position of a patient during a radiation treatment is provided. The method includes providing surface data acquired using a 3D surface scanner of a surface of at least a body part of the patient that is to be irradiated in a radiation treatment. The surface data are calibrated with respect to a relative position of the 3D surface scanner and an isocenter position of a radiation treatment apparatus. A beam path and/or frustum of a radiation beam is determined based on planning data for the radiation treatment and intersected with at least a part of the surface of the patient represented by the surface data. Further, at least a first portion of the patient's surface located inside the beam path and/or a second portion of the patient's surface located outside the beam path is calculated.

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