Patent ID: 8160676
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method to determine a surgical plan for reaching an anatomical target in a portion of a human brain relative to identified anatomical landmarks, the method comprising: capturing a plurality of slices of image data of the anatomy, wherein the slices are captured at selected distances from one another along an axis; processing the image data at least by: after determining the location of the mid-sagittal plane, determining an anatomical landmark that is distinguishable in the processed image data including an intensity change at an edge of the segmented third ventricle; after determining the anatomical landmark, determining an anatomical target that is relatively indistinguishable from the surrounding structures in the image data based on a position relative to the determined mid-sagittal plane and the determined anatomical landmark; and after determining the anatomical target, determining a surgical plan, including: