	US 11,769,261 B2
	Imaging system
Xavier Tomas Fernandez, Jamaica Plain, MA (US); Andre Souza, Boylston, MA (US); Robert A. Simpson, Shirley, MA (US); Kyo C. Jin, Durham, NH (US); Hong Li, Boxborough, MA (US); Xiaodong Tao, Westwood, MA (US); Patrick A. Helm, Milton, MA (US); and Michael P. Marrama, Ayer, MA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/205,940.
Prior Publication US 2022/0301199 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01)

CPC G06T 7/33 (2017.01) [G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01)]

21 Claims

1. A method of generating a combined image from a plurality of image data, comprising:

receiving an input of a selected dimension for the combined image;

accessing a first image data acquired at a first imager position of an imager;

accessing a second image data acquired at a second imager position of the imager;

recalling a first subject tracked position relative to the imager at the first imager position;

recalling a second subject tracked position relative to the imager at the second imager position;

determining a transformation matrix to align the second image data to the first image data base on the recalled first subject tracked position and the recalled second subject tracked position; and

outputting the transformation matrix.