Patent №
US 9,861,338
Granted
2018-01-09
Filed 2017
Owner
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
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vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
15431494
A method and a system for producing images of a subject, such as the heart of a human being. The method may comprise acquiring ultrasound images of the subject with a catheter comprising a position sensor. The method may also comprise capturing a plurality of 4D surface registration points in the acquired ultrasound images corresponding to points on the subject. The method may also comprise registering, in space and time, a high-resolution 4D model of the subject with the plurality of 4D surface registration points. The method may also comprise displaying high resolution, real-time images of the subject during a medical procedure based on the registration of the high resolution 4D model to the 4D surface registration points. Embodiments of the present invention are especially useful in left atrium ablation procedures.
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Ownership
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
assignment · 416970620
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
assignment · 416970750
Assignors
KANADE, TAKEO, ZHONG, HUA, SCHWARTZMAN, DAVID
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