Patent ID: 11922645
Assignee: MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of generating a combined image from a plurality of image data, comprising:
accessing a first image data acquired at a first imager position of an imager;
accessing a second image data acquired at a second imager position of the imager;
determining a feature having stored predetermined dimensions in the first image data;
determining the feature in the second image data;
determining an alignment transformation to align pixels or voxels of the feature between the first image data and the second image data without tracking a position of the imager;
wherein the alignment transformation is operable to align the first image data and the second image data based on the determined alignment transformation without tracking a position of the imager; and
outputting the alignment transformation operable to align the first image data and the second image data.