Patent Document ID: 9743896
Application ID: 14433414
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining a first image from a first imaging modality; identifying on the first image from the first imaging modality at least one element, wherein the at least one element comprises a landmark, an area of interest, an incision point, a bifurcation, an organ, or any combination thereof; obtaining a second image from a second imaging modality; generating an augmented bronchogram image from the second imaging modality, wherein the augmented bronchogram image is generated by: placing a radiopaque instrument inside a body cavity at a first position, generating a first image of the radiopaque instrument inside the body cavity at the first position, placing the radiopaque instrument inside the body cavity at a second position, generating a second image of the radiopaque instrument inside the body cavity at the second position, superpositioning the first image of the radiopaque instrument inside the body cavity at the first position with the second image of the radiopaque instrument inside the body cavity at the second position to generate the augmented bronchogram; wherein the first position and the second position are different; wherein the augmented bronchogram is a map of a bronchial airway tree; generating a compatible virtual image from the first image from the first imaging modality; coarse registering of the augmented bronchogram from the second imaging modality to the compatible virtual image from the first imaging modality; fine registering of the augmented bronchogram image from the second imaging modality to the compatible virtual image from the first imaging modality; generating a third image; wherein the third image is an augmented image including a highlighted area of interest, wherein the highlighted area of interest can be determined by a method selected from the group consisting of: (i) bolding a portion of the augmented bronchogram image, (ii) coloring the portion of the augmented bronchogram image, (iii) enhancing the portion of the augmented bronchogram image, (iv) super-positioning a graphic over the augmented bronchogram image, (v) or any combination thereof.