US 12,239,301 B2
Methods and systems for localization of targets inside a body
Lucian Mihailescu, Pleasant Hill, CA (US); Michael J. Quinlan, Pleasant Hill, CA (US); and Victor Arie Negut, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Ziteo, Inc., Pleasant Hill, CA (US)
Filed by Ziteo, Inc., Pleasant Hill, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,532.
Application 16/800,651 is a division of application No. 14/940,040, filed on Nov. 12, 2015, granted, now 10,617,401, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Application 17/930,532 is a continuation of application No. 16/800,651, filed on Feb. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,464,503.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/080,184, filed on Nov. 14, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0028501 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/40 (2024.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 6/027 (2013.01); A61B 6/4057 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 2090/306 (2016.02); A61B 2090/367 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3912 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radiation position sensitive apparatus, comprising:
a housing assembly having a longitudinal axis;
a gamma ray probe at least partially enclosed within the housing assembly;
a tracking camera at least partially enclosed within the housing assembly, the tracking camera having a tracking field of view, the tracking camera disposed at a predetermined proximity to the gamma ray probe;
at least one processor and a memory operatively coupled with the tracking camera, the memory having instructions for execution by the at least one processor for:
calculating a spatial position and orientation of images taken by the tracking camera with respect to an object; and
associating scanning data from the gamma ray probe with the calculated spatial position and orientation of the images to determine a position and orientation of the scanning data using the known proximity of the gamma ray probe to the tracking camera.