AUTOMATIC PATHWAY AND WAYPOINT GENERATION AND NAVIGATION METHOD

A navigation system for use in a luminal network of a patient, such as the airways, that is able to analyze a three-dimensional model of the luminal network and automatically determine a pathway from an entry point to a designated target. The system further automatically assigns waypoints along the...

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Hauptverfasser: NIR YANIV, AVERBUCH DORIAN, TRUMER DROR
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Zusammenfassung:A navigation system for use in a luminal network of a patient, such as the airways, that is able to analyze a three-dimensional model of the luminal network and automatically determine a pathway from an entry point to a designated target. The system further automatically assigns waypoints along the determined pathway in order to assist a physician in navigating a probe to the designated target.