Patent ID: 7778686
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning, comprising: a medical scanner system configured for generating a volume of cardiac image data; a data acquisition system configured for acquiring the volume of cardiac image data; an image generation system configured for generating at least one viewable image from the volume of cardiac image data; a database configured for storing information from said data acquisition and image generation systems; an operator interface system configured for managing at least one of said medical scanner system, said data acquisition system, said image generation system, and said database; a post-processing system configured for analyzing the volume of cardiac image data and displaying the at least one viewable image and being responsive to said operator interface system, said post-processing system is further adapted to insert at least three geometric markers for subsequent visualization, analysis and registration, each of said three geometric markers corresponding with anatomical landmarks in the volume of cardiac image data, for use in the location and navigation of an interventional tool; wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in at least one of a bi-ventricular pacing planning, an atrial fibrillation planning, and an atrial flutter planning procedure prior to an actual medical interventional procedure; and wherein said operator interface system comprises computer executable instructions stored in a memory for using the volume of cardiac image data and the at least one viewable image in location and navigation of an interventional tool in a 3D space of a cardiac chamber corresponding to the volume of cardiac image data.