Patent ID: 11896316
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving anatomic image data comprising a plurality of graphical units;
generating an initial segmented set of the plurality of graphical units associated with an anatomic tree structure;
receiving an indication of a first user selected graphical unit from the plurality of graphical units, the first user selected graphical unit being outside the initial segmented set of the plurality of graphical units;
applying a cost function to determine a first sequence of the plurality of graphical units from the first user selected graphical unit outside the initial segmented set to the initial segmented set of the plurality of graphical units;
receiving an indication of a second user selected graphical unit from the plurality of graphical units, the second user selected graphical unit being selected from the first sequence of the plurality of graphical units; and
applying the cost function to determine a second sequence of the plurality of graphical units from the second user selected graphical unit to the initial segmented set of the plurality of graphical units.