Patent ID: 11931198
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. The X-ray overlay display method of claim 13, wherein the generating, by the X-ray overlay controller, of the simulated tool axis includes:
segmenting, by the X-ray overlay controller, the interventional tool as illustrated in the pair of interventional X-ray images;
calculating, by the X-ray overlay controller, a pair of intersecting virtual planar X-ray projections based on a delineation of at least two points on a segmentation of the interventional tool as illustrated in the pair of interventional X-ray images; and
delineating, by the X-ray overlay controller, the simulated tool axis within the X-ray imaging space of the C-arm from an intersection of the pair of intersecting virtual planar X-ray projections.