Image annotation in image-guided medical procedures

摘要

Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for image annotation in image-guided medical procedures. Some embodiments herein allow physicians or other operators to use one or more medical devices in order to define annotations in 3D space. These annotations may later be displayed to the physician or operator in 3D space in the position in which they were first drawn or otherwise generated. In some embodiments, the operator may use various available medical devices, such as needles, scalpels, or even a finger in order to define the annotation. Embodiments herein may allow an operator to more conveniently and efficiently annotate visualizable medical data.

主权项

1. A method for image annotation in image guided medical procedures, comprising:
determining, with one or more computing devices, position and orientation of a first medical device; determining position and orientation of an imaging area based at least on the position and orientation of the first medical device; causing one or more displays to display a perspective view of an image corresponding to the imaging area within a virtual 3D space based at least on the position and orientation of the first medical device relative to a position of a user; tracking, with the one or more computing devices, a position of a second medical device; and causing the one or more displays to display an annotation in the virtual 3D space based at least in part on an intersection of an axis of the second medical device with the imaging area.