Patent ID: 11910995
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for an image-assisted medical application, the method comprising:
acquiring, by an endoscope, a first image of at least one body part of a patient, the first image associated with sensor data indicative of a first position of the endoscope and a first orientation of the endoscope;
detecting if the first image includes obscuring matter that obscures at least a portion of the at least one body part in the first image, the obscuring matter comprising at least one of a leaking body fluid, debris, or smoke from ablation;
determining, in response to detecting that the first image includes obscuring matter, a second image based on a sequence of historic images with image capturing times earlier than the first image, wherein the second image is determined from the sequence of historic images based on a difference between (a) the first position of the endoscope and the first orientation of the endoscope and (b) an image capturing position and orientation of the second image; and
generating a virtual image of the at least one body part based on the determined second image.