folding volume mapping instrument within a delimited anatomical volume, volume mapping system, and volume mapping method

摘要

abstract folding volume mapping instrument within a delimited anatomical volume, volume mapping system, and volume mapping method volume mapping instrument (20), folding within a partially or fully delimited anatomical volume employing one or more more medical tools (40) wherein one or each of the medical tools (40) alternates between a folding structural configuration to neatly position one or each of the medical tools (40) within the anatomical volume and a structural mapping configuration to anchor a or each of the medical tools (40) in the contour of the anatomical volume. the volume mapping instrument (20) further employs an optical shape sensor (30) attached to the medical tool (s) 40 to generate one or more coded optical signals indicating the shape of the anatomical volume contour in response to the alternation of one or each of the medical tools (40) between the folding structural configuration and the mapping structural configuration within the anatomical volume. Based on the encoded optical signal (s), a volume mapping module (51) is used to map the outline of the anatomical volume, in whole or in part. 1/1