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

Claim 8:
9. The X-ray overlay controller of claim 8, wherein the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium being further encoded with instructions executable by the at least one processor to generate the simulated tool axis includes instructions:
segment the interventional tool as illustrated in the pair of interventional X-ray images;
calculate 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
delineate 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.