Patent ID: 9147289
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of visualizing the quality of an ablation method with a processing and display unit, the method comprising: S1) providing a 3D dataset of at least one anatomical object of an object to be examined; S2) providing at least one 3D image model of an ablation instrument, wherein the at least one 3D image model models at least a surface of the ablation instrument; S3) specifying at least one position and an alignment of the at least one 3D image model of the ablation instrument within the at least one anatomical object; S4) incorporating the at least one 3D image model of the ablation instrument into the 3D dataset of the at least one anatomical object at a correct location, wherein the correct location is the specified at least one position and the alignment of the at least one 3D image model of the ablation instrument within the at least one anatomical object; S5) displaying at least one part of the incorporated 3D image model of the ablation instrument and of the 3D dataset of the at least one anatomical object; S6) determining at least one characteristic quality value as a function of the correct location of the at least one 3D image model of the ablation instrument in relation to the at least one anatomical object, wherein an energy emission profile of the ablation instrument is included in the determining of the at least one characteristic quality value, wherein the energy emission profile assigns an energy emission value to each point of the ablation instrument, wherein a further characteristic quality value is an overall energy emission value which is defined by sum of all characteristic quality values of energy emission values of the each point of the ablation instrument, and wherein an optimization method is provided for determining the at least one position and the alignment of the at least one 3D image model of the ablation instrument within the at least one anatomical object based upon a greatest overall energy emission value.