APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTRUMENT AND GESTURE BASED IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY

A system is disclosed that allows for determining a position of an instrument in an object space. The position may include a three-dimensional location and at least one degree of freedom of orientation, or any appropriate number of degrees of freedom. The tracked position may be based on imaging the...

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Main Author PAITEL, Yvan
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 24.01.2018
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Summary:A system is disclosed that allows for determining a position of an instrument in an object space. The position may include a three-dimensional location and at least one degree of freedom of orientation, or any appropriate number of degrees of freedom. The tracked position may be based on imaging the instrument, including imaging an external contour of the instrument. The movement of the instrument can be determined based on a three-dimensional determination of a movement of the instrument contour
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20160715649