Patent Document ID: 9904978
Application ID: 14359112
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for pairing an anatomy representation with live images, comprising: an interface unit; and a processing unit; wherein the interface unit is configured to provide reference projected anatomy image data of a device in a spatial relation to an anatomy, wherein the image data comprises at least a first and second image showing the device from different viewing angles; and to provide at least one live image containing the device; wherein the processing unit is configured to provide the anatomy representation with an anatomy frame of reference; to bring the anatomy representation into spatial coherence with the at least first and second image of the reference projected anatomy image data; to compute a three-dimensional model of the device within the anatomy frame of reference from the reference projected anatomy image data of the device; to register the model and the at least one live image based on device information contained in the live image; to bring the anatomy representation into spatial correspondence with the at least one live image based on the registering of the model and the at least one live image; and to combine the registered anatomy representation with the at least one live image.