Method for reconstructing a 3D presentation

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for reconstructing a 3D presentation of a hollow organ based on two-dimensional catheter images, comprising: detecting at least two fluoroscopy images at two different angles of the hollow organ; determining a start position of the catheter from the fluoroscopy images in a three-dimensional model of the hollow organ or a catheter guide; determining a probable withdrawal path of the catheter based on the three-dimensional model; withdrawing the catheter while recording the catheter images and assigning a withdrawal length to each catheter image; determining the deviation of the position of the catheter from a central path running through the middle of the hollow organ and the orientation of the catheter for each catheter image based on the withdrawal path and the withdrawal length; and reconstructing the 3D presentation from the two-dimensional catheter images as well as the deviation of the position of the catheter.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Further advantages and details of the invention emerge from the exemplary embodiment described below as well as with reference to the drawings. The figures show:

FIG. 1 the basic diagram of an examination apparatus embodied to execute the inventive method,

FIG. 2 a catheter with an image recording device arranged at its tip,

FIG. 3 a sleeve catheter with an inner catheter able to be moved within a sleeve forming the catheter guide,

FIG. 4 a catheter within a hollow organ,

FIG. 5 a basic diagram to explain the effects of different orientations, and

FIG. 6 a flowchart of the inventive method.

Claims

1.-21. (canceled)

22. Method for reconstructing a 3D presentation of a hollow organ of a patient based on a plurality of two two-dimensional catheter images detected by a withdrawn catheter including a recording device, comprising: recording at least two fluoroscopy images at two different angles showing the hollow organ and a tip of the catheter;determining a three-dimensional start position of the catheter from the fluoroscopy images in a three-dimensional model of the hollow organ;determining a most probable withdrawal path of the catheter based on the three-dimensional model of the hollow organ;withdrawing the catheter from the start position while recording the two-dimensional catheter images;assigning a withdrawal length to each two-dimensional catheter image;determining a deviation of a position of the catheter from a central path running through a middle of the hollow organ and an orientation of the catheter for each two-dimensional catheter image based on the most probable withdrawal path and the withdrawal length; andreconstructing the 3D presentation of the hollow organ based on the two-dimensional catheter images as well as the deviation of the position of the catheter from the central path and the orientation of the catheter.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the catheter is a sleeve catheter with a sleeve used as a catheter guide and the recording device of the catheter is withdrawn within the sleeve,wherein the three-dimensional start position of the catheter is determined from the fluoroscopy images in a three-dimensional model of the catheter guide, andwherein the three-dimensional model of the catheter guide is created based on the fluoroscopy images of the sleeve or the catheter guided in the sleeve.

24. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the three-dimensional model of the hollow organ is created based on the fluoroscopy images.

25. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the three-dimensional model of the hollow organ is created based on a previously recorded image data set of the hollow organ,wherein the start position of the catheter is determined by registering the fluoroscopy images with the previously recorded image data set, andwherein the previously recorded image data set is a magnetic resonance image data set or a computer tomography image data set.

26. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the most probable withdrawal path is determined by: positioning a virtual catheter at the start position in the three-dimensional model of the hollow organ, andsimulating the virtual catheter in the three-dimensional model.

27. The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein a parameter of the simulation is a physical parameter of the catheter.

28. The method as claimed in claim 27, wherein the physical parameter of the catheter is selected from the group consisting of diameter, weight, elasticity, rigidity, and surface property.

29. The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the three-dimensional model of the hollow organ comprises a model for a deformation of the hollow organ.

30. The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the simulation simulates a possible discontinuous movement of the catheter, andwherein the discontinuous movement of the catheter is a jump from a wall of the hollow organ across to another wall of the hollow organ or a jump forward along the wall of the hollow organ.

31. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the deviation of the position of the catheter from the central path is determined from the catheter images during the reconstruction.

32. The method as claimed in claim 31, wherein a fixed threshold for a difference of the deviation from the central path determined from the most probable withdrawal path and from the catheter images is predetermined,wherein if the difference exceeds the fixed threshold, the most probable withdrawal path is recalculated from a position at which the threshold is exceeded, andwherein the recalculated most probable withdrawal path is used for reconstructing the 3D presentation of the hollow organ.

33. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the recording of the fluoroscopy images and the catheter images are triggered by a fixed ECG phase of the patient and the ECG phase is identical for both the fluoroscopy images and the catheter images.

34. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the catheter images are recorded in an instantaneous ECG phase and are reconstructed separately for each ECG phase from the catheter images having a same ECG phase.

35. The method as claimed in claim 34, wherein the fluoroscopy images are recorded over at least one entire heart phase, andwherein at least two of the fluoroscopy images are assigned to the catheter images having an identical ECG phase with the two fluoroscopy images for the 3D reconstruction.

36. The method as claimed in claim 35, wherein the 3D reconstruction is fused together for various ECG phases.

37. The method as claimed in claim 35, wherein the 3D reconstruction is combined into a 4D reconstruction for each ECG phase.

38. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the catheter is first pushed a short distance beyond the start position and then is pulled back to the start position.

39. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the recording device of the catheter is selected from the group consisting of: an IVUS, an OCT, and an OFDI.

40. A medical system for reconstructing a 3D presentation of a hollow organ of a patient, comprising: a catheter that records a plurality of two-dimensional catheter images of the hollow organ while withdrawing the catheter from a start position in the hollow organ;a catheter control unit that assigns a withdrawal length to each two-dimensional catheter image;an x-ray device that records at least two fluoroscopy images at two different angles showing the hollow organ and a tip of the catheter; anda processing unit that:determines the start position of the catheter from the fluoroscopy images in a three-dimensional model of the hollow organ,determines a most probable withdrawal path of the catheter based on the three-dimensional model of the hollow organ,determines a deviation of a position of the catheter from a central path running through a middle of the hollow organ and an orientation of the catheter for each two-dimensional catheter image based on the most probable withdrawal path and the withdrawal length, andreconstructs the 3D presentation of the hollow organ based on the two-dimensional catheter images as well as the deviation of the position of the catheter from the central path and the orientation of the catheter.

41. The medical system as claimed in claim 40, wherein the catheter is a sleeve catheter with a sleeve used as a catheter guide and a recording device of the catheter is withdrawn within the sleeve,wherein the start position of the catheter is determined from the fluoroscopy images in a three-dimensional model of the catheter guide, andwherein the three-dimensional model of the catheter guide is created based on the fluoroscopy images of the sleeve or the catheter guided in the sleeve.