Patent ID: 9011340
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-assisted method for producing images of a heart in a living subject, comprising the steps of: introducing a catheter into the heart, the catheter having an electrical mapping electrode, a position sensor and an ultrasound imaging sensor; generating an electro-anatomic map from electrical data obtained by the electrical mapping electrode and the position sensor, the electro-anatomic map establishing coordinates of points in a 3D image space, the electro-anatomic map identifying anatomic features of the heart; acquiring an ultrasound image of the heart from data obtained by the ultrasound imaging sensor; establishing coordinates of points on the ultrasound image from the data obtained by the position sensor; automatically registering the electro-anatomic map with the ultrasound image by correlating the points on the ultrasound image with corresponding points in the 3D image space of the electro-anatomic map; and automatically identifying on the ultrasound image the anatomic features identified by the electro-anatomic map by: (i) displaying a list of cardiac chambers; (ii) selecting one or more cardiac chambers from the list; (iii) selecting a distinct graphical identifier for each selected cardiac chamber; (iv) determining a plurality of intersection points of the selected cardiac chambers with the ultrasound image; and (v) overlaying the selected graphical identifiers at the plurality of intersection points.