Abstract: A localization tool for localizing and marking a nodule of a patient includes a magnetic portion for locating a magnetic fiducial marker disposed in or adjacent the nodule, and an electrocautery element for marking the nodule or tissue adjacent the nodule upon locating the magnetic fiducial marker.

Abstract: A system for facilitating identification and marking of a target in a fluoroscopic image of a body region of a patient, the system comprising one or more storage devices having stored thereon instructions for: receiving a CT scan and a fluoroscopic 3D reconstruction of the body region of the patient, wherein the CT scan includes a marking of the target; and generating at least one virtual fluoroscopy image based on the CT scan of the patient, wherein the virtual fluoroscopy image includes the target and the marking of the target, at least one hardware processor configured to execute these instructions, and a display configured to display to a user the virtual fluoroscopy image and the fluoroscopic 3D reconstruction.

Abstract: A system for registering a luminal network to a 3D model of the luminal network includes a computing device configured to identify potential matches in the 3D model with location data of a location sensor, assigning one of the potential matches a registration score based on a deformation model applied to the 3D model, and displaying the potential match having the highest registration score.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, an exemplary method comprising importing slice images of a chest of the patient, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images, displaying the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI), locating the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation, marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model, adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI, and marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model.

Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy using ultrasound are described. One such method includes receiving, from an electromagnetic sensor coupled to a distal portion of an extended working channel, an electromagnetic sensor signal value corresponding to a location of the distal portion of the extended working channel. Ultrasound image data is received from an ultrasound probe protruding from the distal portion of the extended working channel. Based on the ultrasound image data, an ultrasound image is displayed via a display device. An instruction is received to store location data corresponding to a location of target tissue, and, in response, the location data corresponding to the location of the target tissue is stored in a memory. The location data corresponding to the location of the target tissue is based on the received electromagnetic sensor signal value corresponding to the location of the distal portion of the extended working channel.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for performing surgical procedures. An illustrative surgical system includes an electromagnetic (EM) tracking system including a EM field generator, a surgical tool, a display device, and a computing device configured to receive image data of the surgical site, identify structures in the image data, identify a target in the image data, generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of the surgical site, determine a pathway to the target, display the pathway to the target, determine a position of the surgical tool within the surgical site, register the 3D model to the surgical site, receive ultrasound image data from an ultrasound sensor, and generate a 3D volume rendering of the target.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for performing a surgical procedure. An illustrative surgical system includes an electromagnetic (EM) tracking system, a surgical tool, a display device, and a computing device configured to receive first image data of the surgical site, identify a luminal network, generate a three-dimensional (3D) model of the surgical site, identify a plurality of lymph nodes, mark the plurality of lymph nodes on the 3D model, select one of the plurality of lymph nodes as a target, determine a pathway to the target, display the pathway to the target, determine a position of the surgical tool within the surgical site, register the 3D model to the surgical site, receive ultrasound image data of the target, and generate a 3D volume rendering of the target.

Abstract: A method and system for facilitating identification and marking of a target in a displayed Fluoroscopic Three-Dimensional Reconstruction (F3DR) of a body region of a patient. The system includes a display and a storage device storing instructions for receiving an initial selection of the target in the F3DR, fining the F3DR based on the initial selection of the target, displaying the fined F3DR on the display, and receiving a final selection of the target in the fined F3DR via a user selection. The system further includes at least one hardware processor configured to execute said instructions. The method and instructions may also include receiving a selection of a medical device in two two-dimensional fluoroscopic images, where the medical device is located in an area of the target, and initially fining the F3DR based on the selection of the medical device.

Abstract: A system for facilitating identification and marking of a target in a fluoroscopic image of a body region of a patient, the system comprising one or more storage devices having stored thereon instructions for: receiving a CT scan and a fluoroscopic 3D reconstruction of the body region of the patient, wherein the CT scan includes a marking of the target; and generating at least one virtual fluoroscopy image based on the CT scan of the patient, wherein the virtual fluoroscopy image includes the target and the marking of the target, at least one hardware processor configured to execute these instructions, and a display configured to display to a user the virtual fluoroscopy image and the fluoroscopic 3D reconstruction.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, an exemplary method comprising importing slice images of a chest of the patient, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images, displaying the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI), locating the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation, marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model, adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI, and marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, an exemplary method comprising importing slice images of a chest of the patient, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images, displaying the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI), locating the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation, marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model, adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI, and marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, an exemplary method comprising importing slice images of a chest of the patient, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images, displaying the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI), locating the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation, marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model, adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI, and marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, an exemplary method comprising importing slice images of a chest of the patient, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images, displaying the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI), locating the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation, marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model, adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI, and marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model.

Abstract: A method for placing a set of one or more markers in a luminal network in a patient's body, the method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving image data of the anatomy of a luminal network of a patient and a location of at least one target in said luminal network anatomy; obtaining a rule set defining one or more rules for placing said set of one or more markers in said luminal network anatomy and with respect to said at least one target; during a survey performed by a user via a navigation system in a portion of the luminal network surrounding said at least one target, acquiring, via said navigation system, sample-locations in the surveyed portion of the luminal network; and identifying a set of one or more marker locations for placing said set of one or more markers from said acquired sample-locations, which complies with said rule set.

Abstract: A system and method for navigating to a target using fluoroscopic-based three dimensional volumetric data generated from two dimensional fluoroscopic images, including a catheter guide assembly including a sensor, an electromagnetic field generator, a fluoroscopic imaging device to acquire a fluoroscopic video of a target area about a plurality of angles relative to the target area, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive previously acquired CT data, determine the location of the sensor based on the electromagnetic field generated by the electromagnetic field generator, generate a three dimensional rendering of the target area based on the acquired fluoroscopic video, receive a selection of the catheter guide assembly in the generated three dimensional rendering, and register the generated three dimensional rendering of the target area with the previously acquired CT data to correct the position of the catheter guide assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, an exemplary method comprising importing slice images of a chest of the patient, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images, displaying the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI), locating the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation, marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model, adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI, and marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model.