US 12,465,316 B2
Method and system for positioning an imaging system
Rasika A. Parkar, Wayland, MA (US); Xavier Tomas Fernandez, Medford, MA (US); Xiaodong Tao, Westwood, MA (US); Nikita Pandey, Broomfield, CO (US); Patrick A. Helm, Canton, MA (US); and Dany Junio, Brookline, MA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed by Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/141,131.
Prior Publication US 2024/0358343 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/58 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/547 (2013.01) [A61B 6/56 (2013.01); A61B 6/582 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of positioning an imaging system, comprising:
determining an imaging system reference vector based on at least acquiring tracking information of an imaging system tracking device associated with the imaging system;
determining a target reference vector based on at least acquiring tracking information of a target tracking device;
acquiring tracking information of the imaging system reference vector and the target reference vector based at least on tracking the imaging system tracking device and tracking the target tracking device;
determining a first relative position of the imaging system reference vector and the target reference vector;
receiving an input of a region-of-interest (ROI) at which image data is selected to be acquired;
determining a second relative position of the imaging system reference vector and the target reference vector to acquire the image data at the ROI;
determining a path to move the imaging system to the determined second relative position of the imaging system reference vector and the target reference vector; and
outputting the determined path to move the imaging system;
the method further comprising:
tracking a reference in a first navigation space of a first localizer;
tracking the reference in a second navigation space of a second localizer; and
calibrating the first navigation space and the second navigation space.