Abstract: There is provided a method for augmented reality guided instrument positioning. A graphics guide is determined for positioning an instrument that provides a substantially unobstructed view of the instrument during the positioning. The graphics guide is rendered in alignment with a predetermined path to be traversed during the positioning of the instrument.

Abstract: A system and method for delivering radiation that comprises a source for creating an electron beam, a system that focuses the electron beam and then deflects the beam such that the beam is swept across a first target as an arbitrary pattern. The arbitrary pattern on the first target is given an additional intensity modulation. Thereafter, a lens focuses the arbitrary pattern of electrons from the first target onto a second target.

Abstract: A system and method for delivering radiation that comprises a source for creating an electron beam, a system that focuses the electron beam and then deflects the beam such that the beam is swept across a first target as an arbitrary pattern. The arbitrary pattern on the first target is given an additional intensity modulation. Thereafter, a lens focuses the arbitrary pattern of electrons from the first target onto a second target.

Abstract: A method and system for positioning a patient for receiving radiotherapy treatment by performing a computer tomography scan of the patient in a first position to acquire CT data, using the CT data to create one or more images of the patient in the first position, preparing the patient to receive treatment delivery in a second position, acquiring one or more images of the patient in the second position, using a means for comparing the one or more images of the patient in the first position to the one or more images of the patient in the second position, and repositioning the patient until the patient is in substantially the same position as shown in the one or more images of the patient in the first position.

Abstract: A system includes acquisition of first data representing a three-dimensional surface of at least a portion of a patient's body while the patient is in a first position, and acquisition of second data representing at least one internal portion of the patient's body while the patient is in the first position. The acquired data may be used to ensure correct patient positioning during treatment, to verify patient identity prior to treatment, to identify a change in a patient's body that may require revision of an associated treatment plan, and in conjunction with data representing a physical layout of a radiation treatment area to generate a radiation treatment plan.

Abstract: A system includes acquistion of first data representing a three-dimensional surface of at least a portion of a patient'body while the patient is in a first position substantially maintained in preparation for radiation treatment, acquistion of an image of a first internal portion of the patient's body while the patient is substantially in the first position, and determination of whether the patient is properly positioned for radiation treatment based on the first data and the image.

Abstract: There is provided a method for augmented reality guided instrument positioning. A viewpoint is established, from which a line of sight to a point on a target defines a path for an instrument to follow during a positioning of the instrument to the point on the target. The instrument is aligned along the line of sight to the point on the target.

Abstract: Superimposed X-ray and video images can be obtained by acquiring the respective images from the optically equivalent points in space. One or more mirrors may be used to acquire the images and direct them towards the camera. The images can then be combined by warping one onto the other.

Abstract: There is provided a method for augmented reality guided instrument positioning. A graphics guide is determined for positioning an instrument that provides a substantially unobstructed view of the instrument during the positioning. The graphics guide is rendered in alignment with a predetermined path to be traversed during the positioning of the instrument.

Abstract: There is provided a method for augmented reality guided instrument positioning. A graphics guide is determined for positioning an instrument. The graphics guide is rendered such that an appearance of at least one portion of the graphics guide is modulated with respect to at least one of space and time.

Abstract: Superimposed X-ray and video images can be obtained by acquiring the respective images from the optically equivalent points in space. One or more mirrors may be used to acquire the images. Alignment of one camera with respect to the X-ray source may be achieved using images of reference points in space. The procedure of alignment also provides correlated X-ray and optical images.

Abstract: A system and method for illuminating a target point in a real scene comprises an image capture device for capturing image data of a scene, an illumination device for projecting a beam of light at a target point in the scene; and a data processing device comprising computer readable program code embodied therein for processing image data associated with the target point and generating control signals to control the illumination system to direct a beam of light at the target point in the scene. Preferably, the imaging system and illumination system comprise an integrated system wherein the optical path for image formation is identical to that of light projection, so as to eliminate occlusion and eliminate the need for calibration.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a high-quality representation of a volume having a real-time 3-D reconstruction therein of movement of an object, wherein the real-time movement of the object is determined using a lower-quality representation of only a portion of the volume. Movement of the object is detected in a 2-D X-ray fluoroscopy image and is reconstructed in a 3-D angiography (X-ray) reconstruction. Using a common C-arm and X-ray geometry advantageously, the 2-D and 3-D data representative of vascular structures of a patient is acquired, thereby facilitating the merger of the real-time 2-D fluoroscopic images with the 3-D reconstructed vascular structures in a common 3-D-visualization framework. Also described is a technique for 3-D reconstruction of a catheter from real-time 2-D fluoroscopic images and stored 3-D angiography data, so as to present the 3-D reconstructed catheter in the common coordinate frame.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a high-quality representation of a volume having a real-time 3-D reconstruction therein of movement of a catheter, wherein its real-time movement is determined using a lower-quality representation of only a portion of the volume. Movement of the catheter is detected in a 2-D X-ray fluoroscopy image and is reconstructed in a 3-D angiography (X-ray) reconstruction. Described is a catheter design for easier detection, and a technique for 3-D reconstruction of a catheter from real-time 2-D fluoroscopic images and stored 3-D angiography data, so as to present the 3-D reconstructed catheter in the common coordinate frame.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a high-quality representation of a volume having a real-time 3-D reconstruction therein of movement of an object, wherein the real-time movement of the object is determined using a lower-quality representation of only a portion of the volume. The merger of 3-D angiography image representations acquired with other modalities, such as MR or CT, is disclosed. MR or CT modality images are registered with the 3-D Angiography data, such that those other images are brought into the same coordinate frame as the 3-D Angiography images. Movement of the object is detected in a 2-D X-ray fluoroscopy image and is reconstructed in a 3-D mode.

Abstract: Superimposed X-ray and video images can be obtained by acquiring the respective images from the optically equivalent points in space. One or more mirrors may be used to acquire the images and direct them towards the camera. The images can then be combined by warping one onto the other.

Abstract: Superimposed X-ray and video images can be obtained by acquiring the respective images from the optically equivalent points in space. One or more mirrors may be used to acquire the images. Alignment of one camera with respect to the X-ray source may be achieved using images of reference points in space. Once the X-ray source and the video camera are positioned at the equivalent point in space, the resultant images can be superimposed through warping.

Abstract: Superimposed X-ray and video images can be obtained by acquiring the respective images from the optically equivalent points in space. One or more mirrors may be used to acquire the images. Alignment of one camera with respect to the X-ray source may be achieved using images of reference points in space and their respective projections. Once the X-ray source and the video camera are positioned at the equivalent point in space, the resultant images can be superimposed through warping.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for three dimensional (3D) computerized tomographic (CT) imaging of a region-of-interest (ROI) in an object, wherein image reconstruction processing is applied to a plurality of sets of 2D cone beam projection data, each set being acquired on a 2D detector at a corresponding plurality of scan path source positions. A first image reconstruction processing step comprises applying a mask to each set of the projection data so that data inside the boundaries of each mask form a corresponding plurality of masked 2D data sets. Next, the data inside each masked 2D data set is filtered along a plurality of parallel lines formed therein, to generate a corresponding plurality of filtered 2D data sets. Each filtered 2D data set corresponds to a calculation of a first estimate of Radon derivative data determined from a given set of the 2D cone beam projection data. The next step comprises adaptively developing 2D correction data for each of the first estimates of Radon derivative data.