Patent ID: 11941754
Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. A method of generating a three-dimensional geometric model of a heart, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of two-dimensional image slices of the heart from an intracardiac echocardiography (“ICE”) catheter, wherein each image slice of the plurality of image slices is associated with localization information of the ICE catheter;
graphically outputting the plurality of two-dimensional image slices in a plurality of voxels according to the associated localization information of the ICE catheter, thereby creating a three-dimensional geometric model of the heart; and
graphically representing data sufficiency of the three-dimensional geometric model of the heart, wherein graphically representing data sufficiency of the three- dimensional geometric model of the heart comprises one or more of:
representing data sufficiency of the three-dimensional geometric model of the heart using a one-dimensional illustration of data sufficiency relative to angular rotation of the ICE catheter; and
representing data sufficiency of the three-dimensional geometric model of the heart using a two-dimensional illustration of data sufficiency relative to localization of the ICE catheter.