OSS foreshortening detection systems, controllers and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11602396B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-14

    申请号:US16496571

    申请日:2018-03-29

    Abstract: An OSS foreshortening detection system employing an interventional device (40) including a OSS sensor (20) having shape nodes for generating shape sensing data informative of a shape of OSS sensor (20). The system further employs a OSS foreshortening detection device (80) including a OSS shape controller (90) for reconstructing a shape of a portion/entirety of interventional device (40) derived from a generation of the shape sensing data by OSS sensor (20). Device (80) further includes a OSS foreshortening controller (100) for monitoring any foreshortening of the interventional device (40) within an image of the interventional device (40) including the OSS foreshortening controller (100) detecting a location of any occurrence of a foreshortening of the interventional device (40) within the image of interventional device (40) derived from the reconstruction of the shape of the portion/entirety of interventional device (40) by the OSS shape controller (90).

    Image processing for improved marker positioning on a line-shaped image feature

    公开(公告)号:US10943362B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:US15774303

    申请日:2016-12-08

    Inventor: Ahmet Ekin

    Abstract: An image processing device (400), comprising an image input interface (402) configured to receive input pixel values allocated to pixels in a two-dimensional pixel grid, a marker input interface (404) configured to receive marker position data indicative of a position of a marker within the pixel grid, and a marker position refining unit (406) configured to identify, using the pixel data and the marker position data, a target pixel having a highest symmetry value, i.e. identification value, which has been determined based on weighed symmetry values of the pixels within a search region that includes the marker position, and to determine a refined marker position data as the position data of the target pixel.

    Method and system for segmenting interventional device in image

    公开(公告)号:US12106533B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17489840

    申请日:2021-09-30

    Abstract: A method is provided for segmenting an image of a region of interest of a subject. The method includes receiving training images, at least some of which include a training interventional device; constructing ground truth data, including at least a ground truth image, for each training image; training a segmentation model using the training images based on intensity and vesselness features in the training images and the associated ground truth images; acquiring a new test image showing the region of interest; extracting vesselness values of pixels or voxels from the new test image; dividing the new test image into multiple patches; and performing segmentation of the new test image using the trained segmentation model to generate a segmentation image, corresponding to the new test image, with values indicating for each pixel or voxel in the segmentation image a presence or an absence of an interventional device.

    Radiation-free registration of an optical shape sensing system to an imaging system

    公开(公告)号:US10786309B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-29

    申请号:US15100752

    申请日:2014-12-02

    Inventor: Ahmet Ekin

    Abstract: The invention relates to a registration system (13) for registering an optical shape system to an imaging system with an imaging device (2) like a radiation C-arm device with a tracking device (4) like an optical shape sensing tracking device. One or more optical cameras (27) are used to detect position information of a tracked object to register the shape coordinate system with that of the imaging system. The optical cameras are pre-calibrated with the imaging system, so that the detected position information in the camera system can directly be translated to the imaging system.

    Apparatus for determining positions of an interventional instrument in a projection image

    公开(公告)号:US10586338B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-10

    申请号:US15526879

    申请日:2015-11-23

    Inventor: Ahmet Ekin

    Abstract: The invention relates to a positions determination apparatus for determining positions, at which an interventional instrument (3) is located, in a projection image. An input unit (16) allows a user to indicate the position of a tip (23) of the interventional instrument (3) in the projection image, wherein the positions, at which the interventional instrument is located, in the projection image are determined based on the projection image, the indicated tip position and a three-dimensional representation of the interventional instrument, which is defined by its position and shape as determined by a tracking device like an OSS device. By using the projection image, the indicated tip position and the representation the positions in the projection image, at which the interventional instrument is located, can be determined very accurately. Based on these determined positions the projection device and the tracking device can be very accurately registered to each other.

    APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING POSITIONS OF AN INTERVENTIONAL INSTRUMENT IN A PROJECTION IMAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20170358091A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-14

    申请号:US15526879

    申请日:2015-11-23

    Inventor: Ahmet Ekin

    Abstract: The invention relates to a positions determination apparatus for determining positions, at which an interventional instrument (3) is located, in a projection image. An input unit (16) allows a user to indicate the position of a tip (23) of the interventional instrument (3) in the projection image, wherein the positions, at which the interventional instrument is located, in the projection image are determined based on the projection image, the indicated tip position and a three-dimensional representation of the interventional instrument, which is defined by its position and shape as determined by a tracking device like an OSS device. By using the projection image, the indicated tip position and the representation the positions in the projection image, at which the interventional instrument is located, can be determined very accurately. Based on these determined positions the projection device and the tracking device can be very accurately registered to each other.

    Assessing device for assessing an instrument's shape with respect to its registration suitability

    公开(公告)号:US11589929B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-28

    申请号:US17040570

    申请日:2019-03-26

    Inventor: Ahmet Ekin

    Abstract: The invention relates to an assessing device (13) for assessing the suitability of a shape of an instrument like a guidewire for a registration of a position and shape determination device (10) like an optical shape sensing device with an imaging device (2). Curvature values being indicative of the curvature at several positions along the instrument are determined, which are used for determining shape feature values. These shape feature values are then used for determining a suitability value being indicative of the suitability of the shape of the instrument for the registration procedure, wherein an output is provided to a user based on the determined suitability value. The user can therefore modify the shape until the output indicates that the shape of the instrument is suitable for the registration, without requiring any image. This can reduce a radiation dose if the image is, for instance, an x-ray image.

    Visualization system for visualizing an alignment accuracy

    公开(公告)号:US11610329B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US16981315

    申请日:2019-03-18

    Inventor: Ahmet Ekin

    Abstract: The invention relates to a visualization system (10) for visualizing an accuracy of an alignment of a position and shape of an instrument (33), which has been determined by a position and shape determination device (9), with an image of the instrument. The accuracy is determined for different regions of the instrument as defined by the position and shape and of the image, wherein among these regions at least one region is determined, in which the determined accuracy indicates that it is insufficient. A visualization is then generated in which the determined region is indicated on a representation of the position and shape and/or the image. This visualization guides a user's eyes to the region which should not be missed, while deciding whether, for instance, a navigation of the instrument during a subsequent interventional procedure should be based on this alignment, which in turn allows for an improved navigation accuracy.

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