IP Library Granted Patent US 9,659,409
Granted Patent B2
US 9,659,409 · App. 14/600,351 · Granted May 23, 2017

Providing a spatial anatomical model of a body part of a patient

Inventors: Kerstin Alexandra Siebarth (Nürnberg, DE); Michael Wiets (Erlangen, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
G06T19/00A61B5/745A61B6/5211A61B8/00A61B6/032A61B6/4441G06T2207/30004
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,659,409
App. No.
14/600,351
Filed
Jan 20, 2015
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2164
USPC
345/420
Abstract

A method for providing a spatial anatomical model of a body part with the aid of at least one imaging examination modality is provided. At least one digital representation of the at least partial body part is provided to a control device by the at least one imaging examination modality. Based on the at least one digital representation, the control device determines a digital model and transmits the digital model to an output device. The output device determines the spatial model and outputs the spatial model as a hologram or workpiece. The spatial model is determined as a function of at least one specifying control parameter that describes a relevant portion of the spatial model and/or a mode of representation of the spatial model and/or of the portion. The control parameter is determined based on an operator control action executed by a user and received by an operator control device.

Claims (45)

1. A method for providing a three-dimensional or four-dimensional spatial anatomical model extending in all three spatial dimensions, of a body part of a patient with aid of at least one imaging examination modality, the method comprising:

providing, by the at least one imaging examination modality, at least one digital representation of the body part;

determining, by a control device, a digital model of the body part based on the at least one digital representation;

transmitting the digital model to an output device;

detecting, by a sensor device, an operator control action executed by a user's hand or forearm, wherein the operator control action specifies at least one control parameter, and wherein the operator control action comprises a bodily gesture that describes a marking, moving, removing, highlighting, or a combination thereof of a subregion of the spatial anatomical model;

determining, by the output device, the spatial anatomical model as a function of the at least one control parameter that describes a relevant portion of the spatial anatomical model, a mode of representation of the spatial anatomical model, the portion of the spatial anatomical model, or the spatial anatomical model and the portion of the spatial anatomical model, or a combination thereof;

receiving, by the sensor device, a further operator control action that describes a changing of the spatial anatomical model, wherein the described changing of the spatial anatomical model specifies an intervention that is to be transferred correspondingly to the body part; and

generating a control signal for controlling a medical apparatus based on the further operator control action.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

outputting, by the output device, the spatial anatomical model, wherein the output device outputs a hologram as the spatial anatomical model.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

outputting, by the output device, the spatial anatomical model, wherein the output device outputs a three-dimensional physical model as the spatial anatomical model.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the output device outputs the three-dimensional physical model as the spatial anatomical model using an apparatus enabling a generative manufacture of a work piece.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control device and the output device form a telemedical system.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one digital representation is provided by an X-ray machine, a computed tomography system, a magnetic resonance tomography system, an ultrasound apparatus, or any combination thereof as the at least one imaging examination modality.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one digital representation comprises an image sequence, a plurality of digital representations, or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the image sequence is a four-dimensional image sequence, and the plurality of digital representations is a plurality of four-dimensional digital representations.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one specified control parameter defines a spatial moving of the spatial anatomical model, a marking of the spatial anatomical model in at least one predetermined subregion, a changing of the digital model, the spatial anatomical model, or the digital model and the spatial anatomical model, or any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the control signal to the medical apparatus in order to perform the intervention.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor device is a three-dimensional camera.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor device is an ultrasonic sensor.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bodily gesture is a gripping movement, a cutting movement, a rotary movement, or a combination thereof.

14. A telemedical system comprising:

a control device;

a sensor device configured to detect an operator control action of a user; and

an output device,

wherein the telemedical system is configured to:

provide a three-dimensional or four-dimensional spatial anatomical model extending in all three spatial dimensions, of a body part of a patient with aid of at least one imaging examination modality, the provision of the three-dimensional or four-dimensional spatial anatomical model comprising:

provision of at least one digital representation of the body part;

determination of a digital model of the body part based on the at least one digital representation, wherein the digital model is determined on a patient side by the control device from the at least one digital representation of the body part of the patient provided by the at least one examination modality, and a spatial anatomical model extending in all three spatial dimensions is determined on a receiver side by the output device from the digital model and output;

transmission of the digital model to an output device;

detection of the operator control action executed by a hand or forearm of the user, wherein the operator control action specifies at least one control parameter, and wherein the operator control action comprises a bodily gesture that describes a marking, moving, removing, highlighting, or a combination thereof of a subregion of the spatial anatomical model;

determination of the spatial anatomical model as a function of the at least one control parameter that describes a relevant portion of the spatial anatomical model, a mode of representation of the spatial anatomical model, the portion of the spatial anatomical model, or the spatial anatomical model and the portion of the spatial anatomical model, or a combination thereof; and

output of the spatial anatomical model.

15. The telemedical system of claim 14 , wherein the sensor device is a three-dimensional camera.

16. The telemedical system of claim 14 , wherein the sensor device is an ultrasonic sensor.

17. The telemedical system of claim 14 , wherein the bodily gesture is a gripping movement, a cutting movement, a rotary movement, or a combination thereof.

18. A method for providing a three-dimensional or four-dimensional spatial anatomical model extending in all three spatial dimensions, of a body part of a patient with aid of at least one imaging examination modality, the method comprising:

providing, by the at least one imaging examination modality, at least one digital representation of the body part;

determining, by a control device, a digital model of the body part based on the at least one digital representation;

transmitting the digital model to an output device;

detecting, by a sensor device, an operator control action executed by a user's hand or forearm that describes a changing of the spatial anatomical model, wherein the described changing of the spatial anatomical model specifies an intervention that is to be transferred correspondingly to the body part;

generating a control signal for controlling a medical apparatus based on the operator control action; and

transmitting the control signal to the medical apparatus in order to perform the intervention.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 066088 FRAME: 0256. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2024
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 071178/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 066088/0256 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2017
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Reel/Frame 042776/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2015
From: SIEBARTH, KERSTIN ALEXANDRA; WIETZ, MICHAEL
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 036272/0104 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 200 915 · Jan 20, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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