Patent ID: 11882994
Assignee: GYRUS ACMI, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 20:
21. A method for endoscopic mapping of a target, the method comprising:
directing an aiming beam at a target;
capturing an endoscopic image of the target via an imaging system, the endoscopic image including a footprint of the aiming beam;
identifying, via a video processor, one or more landmarks from the captured endoscopic image, and determining respective locations of the one or more landmarks relative to the aiming beam footprint; and
generating, via the video processor, a target map by integrating a plurality of endoscopic images based on landmarks identified from one or more of the plurality of endoscopic images, wherein the plurality of endoscopic images include images of various sites of the target.