Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for hybrid tracking in surgical navigation
- Patent Title (中): 手术导航中混合跟踪的系统和方法
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Application No.: US10926380Application Date: 2004-08-25
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Publication No.: US07702379B2Publication Date: 2010-04-20
- Inventor: Gopal B. Avinash , Allison Leigh Weiner , Peter Traneus Anderson
- Applicant: Gopal B. Avinash , Allison Leigh Weiner , Peter Traneus Anderson
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Agent Peter J. Vogel; Michael A. Dellapenna
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05

Abstract:
A system and method for hybrid tracking in surgical navigation is disclosed. A plurality of tracking technologies is used in a medical procedure where a reconciler determines an active tracking technology. The reconciler determines the active tracking technology during the medical procedure. A switch may then activate one or more tracking technologies. The determination of which technology or technologies are to be activated may be based, for example, on metrics measured by each of the technologies, such as an accuracy measurement. In addition, a display may present representations based on at least data obtained by one or more of the tracking technologies. The switch may employ weighted switching to gradually switch the display of a first representation corresponding to a first tracking technology to the display of a second representation corresponding to a second tracking technology, where the first technology is deactivated and the second technology is activated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060058604A1 System and method for hybrid tracking in surgical navigation Public/Granted day:2006-03-16
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