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Insertion support system
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 2006-04-28
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Granted: 2011-04-19
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Expires: 2026-04-28
Abstract
Abstract With a bronchial tube insertion support system according to the present invention, a route setting unit comprises a route starting-point setting function for setting the insertion starting-point of a bronchial tube, a region-of-interest setting function for setting a region of interest serving as the insertion end-point of the bronchial tube, a route extracting function for extracting an insertion route from an insertion start point to an insertion end point, and a route verifying function for performing verification of the extracted insertion route. According to these functions, of multiple insertion routes, the most appropriate insertion route when performing insertion support is determined.
Inventors
- 👤 Shunya Akimoto
- 👤 Junichi Ohnishi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:32
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B1/00; A61B1/00002; A61B1/00004; A61B1/00009; A61B34/00; A61B34/10; A61B10/00; A61B10/02; A61B2034/101; A61B2034/105; A61B34/20; A61B2034/2046; A61B2034/2065; A61B34/30; A61B2034/301; A61B34/25
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
An insertion support system comprising: a virtual image generating portion for generating a virtual image of a body cavity path within a subject based on the image data of a three-dimensional region of the subject; a route starting-point setting portion for setting a starting-point of an insertion route of an endoscope to the body cavity path within the subject; a region-of-interest setting portion for setting a region of interest within the subject; a route extracting portion for extracting a plurality of insertion routes to a position of the body cavity path positioned near the region of interest from the starting-point; and a route verifying portion for verifying the plurality of insertion routes extracted by the route extracting portion, wherein the route verifying portion includes: a position specifying portion for specifying an arbitrary position on the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion; and a display portion for displaying the virtual image in the position specified by the position specifying portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
An insertion support system comprising: a virtual image generating portion for generating a virtual image of a body cavity path within a subject based on the image data of a three-dimensional region of the subject; a route starting-point setting portion for setting a starting-point of an insertion route of an endoscope to the body cavity path within the subject; a region-of-interest setting portion for setting a region of interest within the subject; a route extracting portion for extracting a plurality of insertion routes to a position of the body cavity path positioned near the region of interest from the starting-point; and a route verifying portion for verifying the plurality of insertion routes extracted by the route extracting portion, wherein the route verifying portion includes: a position specifying portion for specifying an arbitrary position on the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion; and a display portion for displaying the virtual image in the position specified by the position specifying portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The insertion support system according to claim 1 , comprising a position moving portion for moving the position specified by the position specifying portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
178 words
An insertion support system comprising: a virtual image generating portion for generating a virtual image of a body cavity path within a subject based on the image data of a three-dimensional region of the subject; a route starting-point setting portion for setting a starting-point of an insertion route of an endoscope to the body cavity path within the subject; a region-of-interest setting portion for setting a region of interest within the subject; a route extracting portion for extracting a plurality of insertion routes to the region of interest from the starting-point; and a route verifying portion for verifying the plurality of insertion routes extracted by the route extracting portion, wherein the route verifying portion includes: a position specifying portion for specifying an arbitrary position on the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion; and a display portion for displaying the virtual image in the position specified by the position specifying portion and displaying the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion on a multistage surface restructuring image based on the image data of the three-dimensional region.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
178 words
An insertion support system comprising: a virtual image generating portion for generating a virtual image of a body cavity path within a subject based on the image data of a three-dimensional region of the subject; a route starting-point setting portion for setting a starting-point of an insertion route of an endoscope to the body cavity path within the subject; a region-of-interest setting portion for setting a region of interest within the subject; a route extracting portion for extracting a plurality of insertion routes to the region of interest from the starting-point; and a route verifying portion for verifying the plurality of insertion routes extracted by the route extracting portion, wherein the route verifying portion includes: a position specifying portion for specifying an arbitrary position on the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion; and a display portion for displaying the virtual image in the position specified by the position specifying portion and displaying the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion on a multistage surface restructuring image based on the image data of the three-dimensional region.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
185 words
An insertion support system comprising: a virtual image generating portion for generating a virtual image of a body cavity path within a subject based on the image data of a three-dimensional region of the subject; a route starting-point setting portion for setting a starting-point of an insertion route of an endoscope to the body cavity path within the subject; a region-of-interest setting portion for setting a region of interest within the subject; a route extracting portion for extracting a plurality of insertion routes to the region of interest from the starting-point; and a route verifying portion for verifying the plurality of insertion routes extracted by the route extracting portion, wherein the route verifying portion includes: a position specifying portion for specifying an arbitrary position on the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion; and a display portion for displaying the virtual image in the position specified by the position specifying portion and displaying the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion on the three-dimensional restructuring image of the body cavity path within the subject based on the image data of the three-dimensional region.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
185 words
An insertion support system comprising: a virtual image generating portion for generating a virtual image of a body cavity path within a subject based on the image data of a three-dimensional region of the subject; a route starting-point setting portion for setting a starting-point of an insertion route of an endoscope to the body cavity path within the subject; a region-of-interest setting portion for setting a region of interest within the subject; a route extracting portion for extracting a plurality of insertion routes to the region of interest from the starting-point; and a route verifying portion for verifying the plurality of insertion routes extracted by the route extracting portion, wherein the route verifying portion includes: a position specifying portion for specifying an arbitrary position on the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion; and a display portion for displaying the virtual image in the position specified by the position specifying portion and displaying the insertion route extracted by the route extracting portion on the three-dimensional restructuring image of the body cavity path within the subject based on the image data of the three-dimensional region.
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