title:: US20150223773A1 — Method and Apparatus for Image Fusion Based Planning of C-Arm Angulation for Structural Heart Disease
patent:: US20150223773A1
status:: published 2015-08-13 · Abandoned
filed:: 2014-02-11
assignee:: Siemens AG
people:: Matthias John, Murril Michael Szucs, Razvan Ionasec, Alois Noettling, Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc
domain:: Image-Guided Intervention, Computer Vision, Cardiology, Computational Modeling
link:: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20150223773A1/en

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Abstract
A method and system for determining an angulation of a C-arm image acquisition system for a cardiac intervention is disclosed. A 3D ultrasound image including a cardiac region is received. The 3D ultrasound image is registered to a 3D coordinate system of the C-arm image acquisition system. A cardiac structure of interest is detected in the registered 3D ultrasound image. An angulation of the C-arm image acquisition system is determined based on the detected structure of interest in the registered 3D ultrasound image.
Data Points
- US20150223773A1 — published US application (kind code A1)
- Filed 2014-02-11, published 2015-08-13
- Legal status today — Abandoned
- Assignee — Siemens AG
- Co-inventors — Matthias John, Murril Michael Szucs, Alois Noettling, Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc
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