SYSTEM AND METHOD REGISTERED VIDEO ENDOSCOPY AND VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for external tracking video endoscopy. PSOLUTION: A method for associating at least an image with an area of interest in a three-dimensional volume includes modeling a volume as the three-dimensional volume, tracking an image capturing device within the volume, storing position and orientation information of the image capturing device at a time when at least one image is captured, and determining a longitudinal distance traveled by the image capturing device at the time when the at least one image is captured, wherein the at least one image is displayed and the area of interest is characterized. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI