US 12,268,562 B2
Method for providing a configuration information for a laser guidance system
Matthias Baer-Beck, Spardorf (DE); Christian Hofmann, Erlangen (DE); Ferdinand Distler, Erlangen (DE); and Volker That, Forchheim (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,741.
Claims priority of application No. 21200001.2 (EP), filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101249 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 90/13 (2016.01); A61B 6/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/13 (2016.02) [A61B 6/08 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing a configuration information for a laser guidance system for a medical intervention, the method comprising:
receiving laser projection data regarding a laser projection geometry of the laser guidance system;
receiving 3D model data regarding a surface, the surface being located within an effective range of the laser guidance system;
calculating shadowing data regarding a shadowing effect of the surface on the laser projection geometry based on the laser projection data and the 3D model data;
selecting the configuration information based on the shadowing data, the configuration information being indicative of a configuration of the laser guidance system for visualizing a planned path of an instrument for the medical intervention; and
providing the configuration information.