US 12,133,809 B2
Stent positioning
Vincent Maurice Andre Auvray, Meudon (FR); and Raoul Florent, Ville D'Avray (FR)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/252,748
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jun. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/066619
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/002201, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18290070 (EP), filed on Jun. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0251787 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61F 2/958 (2013.01) [A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for supporting positioning of a medical interventional device, the device comprising:
input circuitry configured to provide an image of a region of interest of a subject;
a processor configured to:
detect, in the image, at least one apparatus position marker disposed on a guiding apparatus for the medical interventional device at least partly arranged in the region of interest;
define a proximity region in the image based on the at least one apparatus position marker;
select a part of the image defined by the proximity region;
detect, in the selected part of the image, one or more device position markers of the medical interventional device,
enhance the one or more device position markers in the image for supporting the positioning of the medical interventional device, wherein the one or more device position markers are less visible in the image than the at least one apparatus position marker, and
provide the image with the enhanced one or more device position markers.