Patent ID: 11911149
Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for processing patient-specific image data for computer assisted surgical navigation, the method comprising:
providing a database comprising multiple first data sets of three-dimensional image data obtained by a medical imaging method, wherein each first data set is representative of first geometric data of a skin surface of at least one patient;
pre-selecting a particular first data set among the multiple first data sets of three-dimensional image data for computer assisted surgical navigation;
obtaining, by an optical camera system, a second data set of two-dimensional or three-dimensional image data of a skin surface of a particular patient;
deriving second geometric data of the skin surface of the particular patient from the second data set;
comparing the second geometric data of the skin surface with the first geometric data of the skin surface of the particular first data set to calculate a similarity score for the comparison; and
based on the similarity score, generating a signal that triggers one of selection and de-selection of the particular first data set for computer assisted surgical navigation.