Patent ID: 11963670
Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 11:
12. A method for determining a location of a lesion for biopsy in a patient along X, Y, and Z axes, the method comprising:
positioning the patient in an examination device;
collecting one or more examination images of the patient using the examination device, wherein the one or more examination images show the lesion;
positioning the patient in a biopsy device configured for holding the patient during the biopsy;
collecting a biopsy image of the patient using the biopsy device, wherein the biopsy image shows the lesion;
analyzing the biopsy image to determine a measured x-coordinate and a measured y-coordinate of the lesion along the X and Y axes, respectively;
analyzing the one or more examination images to determine a calculated z-coordinate of the lesion along the Z axis;
determining the location of the lesion along the X, Y, and Z axes based on the measured x-coordinate and the measured y-coordinate from the biopsy image and the calculated z-coordinate determined from the one or more examination images; and
dividing the one or more examination images into segments, wherein analyzing the one or more examination images to determine the calculated z-coordinate of the lesion includes identifying which one of the segments the lesion is located in;
wherein the segments are divided as layers between a top and a bottom of the patient stacked along the Z-axis, and wherein the calculated z-coordinate of the location of the lesion is determined based on the one of the segments identified to have the lesion in the one or more examination images.