US 12,285,153 B2
Anatomical scene visualization systems and methods
Daniel Proksch, San Jose, CA (US); Mahdi Azizian, San Jose, CA (US); and Pourya Shirazian, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/928,493
Filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/034411
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/247349, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,668, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277035 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/0005 (2013.01) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:
obtain an endoscopic image of an anatomical scene within a body, the endoscopic image captured by an endoscope and depicting an imaging probe located at the anatomical scene, the imaging probe different from the endoscope;
augment the endoscopic image with a synthetic element that indicates, within the endoscopic image, an area of the anatomical scene being imaged by the imaging probe, the synthetic element including spatial markers within the area; and
direct a display device to display the augmented image.