SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATION TO A TARGET ANATOMICAL OBJECT IN MEDICAL IMAGING-BASED PROCEDURES

• Main Authors: AVENDI, Michael R, HSU, Kenneth C, DUFFY, Shane A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.10.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS

The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing navigational directions to a user to locate a target anatomical object during a medical procedure via a medical imaging system. The method includes selecting an anatomical region surrounding the object; generating a plurality of real-time two-dimensional images of scenes from the anatomical region and providing the plurality of images to a controller; developing and training a deep learning network to automatically detect and identify the scenes from the anatomical region; automatically mapping each of the plurality of images from the anatomical region based on a relative spatial location and a relative temporal location of each of the identified scenes in the anatomical region via the deep learning network; and providing directions to the user to locate the object during the medical procedure based on the relative spatial and temporal locations of each of the identified scenes.