Granted Patent B2

US 12,444,045 · App. 17/742,570 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Inventors: Sanjay M. Joshi (Andover, MA); Arjang Noushin (Nashua, NH); Neil Crawford (Chandler, AZ)

Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.

G06T7/0012A61B34/20G06T3/10G06T7/55G06T7/73G06T17/20G06V10/26A61B2034/2055G06T2207/10081G06T2207/10088G06T2207/10116G06T2207/20081G06T2207/20084

Abstract

Claims (29)

1. A method of generating a medical image, the method comprising:

obtaining a first two-dimensional image of an anatomical object;

extracting first information associated with the anatomical object from the first image;

obtaining a second two-dimensional image of the anatomical object;

extracting second information associated with the anatomical object from the second image;

generating the medical image based on the first information, the second information, and predetermined information that is associated with images of anatomical objects of a type that is a type of the anatomical object; and

generating a three-dimensional model of the anatomical object based on the medical image generating third information associated with the anatomical object based on the first information and the second information,

providing the interpolated image to a robotic surgery system, the robotic surgery system then using the interpolate image to actuate a robotic arm to perform a surgical procedure,

wherein generating the medical image includes generating the medical image based on the third information and the predetermined information

wherein the predetermined information includes a globally-optimized style vector,

wherein extracting the first information includes generating a first content vector based on the first image,

wherein extracting the second information includes generating a second content vector based on the second image,

wherein generating the third information includes generating a third content vector based on the first content vector and the second content vector, and

wherein generating the medical image includes interpolating the medical image using the third content vector and the globally-optimized style vector,

wherein the generating the medical image includes using neural networks to identify features and contrast in 3D voxels.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information and second information each include an attribute of a characteristic of the anatomical object, and wherein the predetermined information includes characteristics of the anatomical objects.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first image is an image of the anatomical object from a first position and a first pose,

wherein the second image is an image of the anatomical object from a second position and a second pose, the second position being different than the first position and/or the second pose being different than the first pose,

wherein generating the third information includes:

generating a plurality of interpolations between the first information and second information, each interpolation of the plurality of interpolations being generated by assigning a different weight to the first information relative to the second information; and

selecting an interpolation of the plurality of interpolations as the third information based on a feature of the anatomical object being represented better by the interpolation than another interpolation of the plurality of interpolations.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the first image includes capturing, by a camera, the first image, and

wherein obtaining the second image includes capturing, by a camera, the second image.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the first image includes capturing, by an x-ray detector, the first image, and

wherein obtaining the second image includes capturing, by an x-ray detector, the second image.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the predetermined information based on a feature of the object that is desired to be better illustrated in the medical image.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined information includes an indication of a way of segmenting anatomical objects, highlighting portions of the anatomical objects, and labeling parts of the anatomical objects, and

wherein the medical image includes a segmented version of the anatomical object, with portions of the anatomical object highlighted, and parts of the anatomical object labeled based on the predetermined information.

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