System for patient-specific intervention planning
The present disclosure relates to a system for patient-specific intervention planning, the system comprising a physical model of an anatomical structure, wherein the physical model is a patient-specific model based on medical image data; a virtual model of the anatomical structure, wherein the virtual model is a patient-specific model based on medical image data; a tracking device configured to track a position of a physical representation of an interventional tool with respect to the physical model of the anatomical structure; a processor configured to perform the step of: registering the physical model of the anatomical structure with the virtual model of the anatomical structure and registering the physical representation of the interventional tool with a virtual representation of the interventional tool based on the position of the physical representation of the interventional tool and the physical model of the anatomical structure. The present disclosure further relates to a corresponding method and computer program.
1. A system for patient-specific intervention planning, the system comprising:
a physical model of an anatomical structure, wherein the physical model is a patient-specific model based on medical image data;
a virtual model of the anatomical structure, wherein the virtual model is a patient-specific model based on medical image data;
a tracking device configured to track a position of a physical representation of an interventional tool and the physical model of the anatomical structure;
a processor configured to perform the step of:
registering the physical model of the anatomical structure with the virtual model of the anatomical structure such that a manipulation to the physical model is depicted virtually, and registering the physical representation of the interventional tool with a virtual representation of the interventional tool based on the position of the physical representation of the interventional tool and the physical model of the anatomical structure.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an interface for receiving medical image data of the anatomical structure; and
a first additive manufacturing device adapted to generate the physical model of the anatomical structure based on the medical image data.
3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an interface for receiving construction data of the physical representation of the interventional tool; and
a second additive manufacturing device adapted to generate the physical representation of the interventional tool based on the construction data.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said manipulation of the physical model of the anatomical structure with the physical representation of the interventional tool is visualized as a virtual manipulation of the virtual model of the anatomical structure based on tracking the position of the physical representation of the interventional tool and the physical model of the anatomical structure with the tracking device.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the physical representation of the interventional tool is a dummy of the interventional tool.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the interventional tool is a destructive interventional tool, in particular a scalpel or electrocauter, wherein the physical representation of the interventional tool is a non-destructive mock-up of the destructive interventional tool.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the virtual model of the anatomical structure is a biophysics organ model and wherein a functional behavior of the anatomical structure based on the biophysics organ model is visualized on the virtual model.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein a blood flow in the anatomical structure based on the biophysics organ model is visualized on the virtual model.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein property of the biophysics organ model is modified, in particular to change a cardiac frequency of a visualization thereof, in response to a manipulation of the anatomical structure with the interventional tool based on tracking the position of the physical representation of the interventional tool with respect to the physical model of the anatomical structure with the tracking device.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the tracking device comprises a 3D camera.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the tracking device comprises a magnetic sensor adapted to determine a position of a magnetic marker of at least one of the physical model of the anatomical structure and the physical representation of the interventional tool.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the physical model of the anatomical structure comprises a marker, in particular an electromagnetic marker, for tracking a position of the physical model of the anatomical structure.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the medical image data comprises at least one of CT, MRI or ultrasound data of the patient.
14. Method for patient-specific intervention planning, the method comprising:
receiving medical image data;
generating a physical model of an anatomical structure, wherein the physical model is a patient-specific model, based on the medical image data;
generating a virtual model of the anatomical structure, wherein the virtual model is a patient-specific model based on the medical image data;
providing a physical representation of an interventional tool;
tracking a position of the physical representation of the interventional tool and the physical model of the anatomical structure; and
registering the physical model of the anatomical structure with the virtual model of the anatomical structure structure such that a manipulation to the physical model is depicted virtually, and registering the physical representation of the interventional tool with a virtual representation of the interventional tool based on the position of the physical representation of an interventional tool and the physical model of the anatomical structure.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method of running a computer program on a computing device comprising program code means for causing a computer to carry out the following steps when said computer program is carried out on the computing device;
receiving medical image data;
generating a digital representation of a physical model of an anatomical structure, wherein the physical model is a patient-specific model, based on the medical image data;
generating a virtual model of the anatomical structure, wherein the virtual model is a patient-specific model based on the medical image data;
receiving position data indicative of a position of the physical representation of the interventional tool and the physical model of the anatomical structure; and
registering the physical model of the anatomical structure with the virtual model of the anatomical structure such that a manipulation to the physical model is depicted virtually, and registering the physical representation of the interventional tool with a virtual representation of the interventional tool based on position of the physical representation of an interventional tool and the physical model of the anatomical structure.