Patent ID: 9218663
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to: receive, during a first time interval, image data associated with a plurality of 3-D images of a dynamic body during a path of motion of the dynamic body, the 3-D images taken using an imaging device, the dynamic body having an apparatus coupled to the dynamic body, the apparatus having a plurality of radiopaque markers physically coupled thereto, wherein the plurality of radiopaque markers change in orientation relative to each other during the first time interval, and wherein the plurality of radiopaque markers are visible in the 3-D images and the images provide an indication of a position in a model space of each of the plurality of radiopaque markers; receive, during a second time interval after the first time interval, data associated with a plurality of localization elements physically coupled to the apparatus proximate the plurality of radiopaque markers, the data sent to the processor from the plurality of localization elements and including a position in a physical space of each of the plurality of localization elements during a path of motion of the dynamic body, wherein the plurality of localization elements change in orientation relative to each other during the second time interval; automatically compare the data associated with the position of each of the localization elements from the plurality of localization elements with the position of each radiopaque marker from the plurality of radiopaque markers identified from the data associated with a plurality of 3-D images; and automatically identifying a first radiopaque marker from the plurality of radiopaque markers within the plurality of 3-D images having substantially the same position as a first localization element from the plurality of localization elements relative to the dynamic body based on the comparing.