Patent ID: 7794388
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for generating at least one section of a virtual 3D model of a body interior from data that are provided by at least one endoscope introduced into said body interior, wherein said data comprise at least one position and orientation of said endoscope, comprising the steps of: assigning said at least one position and orientation of said endoscope at least one distance between said endoscope and at least one point on a surface of said body interior, assigning said at least one position and orientation of said endoscope at least one endoscopic image of said surface of said body interior in a region of said at least one point on said surface of said body interior, generating said at least one section of said 3D model in superposition with said at least one endoscopic image by using said data relating to a number of different positions and orientations of said endoscope.