Patient-Specific Digital Model for Invasive Procedure Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Invasive medical procedures, such as endovascular procedures, face challenges due to tortuous anatomy, difficult visualization, and complex lesion morphology, leading to increased procedure time, fluoroscopy exposure, and contrast dye use, especially when the access strategy or equipment choice is suboptimal.
Innovation Solution
A digital, image-based model of anatomical and physiological structures is generated using medical image data and patient-specific metadata, allowing for simulation of physiological behaviors and interactions with medical tools, enabling training and pre-operative planning without unnecessary risk.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If invasive medical procedures are performed on patients with tortuous anatomy and complex lesion morphology, then the procedure can be completed, but procedure time increases and fluoroscopy exposure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs pre-operative simulation and planning by creating a digital twin of the patient's anatomy from medical images, allowing physicians to practice and optimize the access strategy before the actual procedure, thereby reducing procedure time and fluoroscopy exposure during the real intervention
2Reliability
If invasive medical procedures are performed on patients with tortuous anatomy and complex lesion morphology, then the procedure can be completed, but fluoroscopy exposure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows physicians to plan and simulate the entire procedure in advance using the digital twin, optimizing the access strategy and equipment selection before entering the fluoroscopy suite, thereby minimizing fluoroscopy exposure during the actual procedure while ensuring successful completion
3Reliability
If invasive medical procedures are performed on patients with tortuous anatomy and complex lesion morphology, then the procedure can be completed, but equipment choice may be suboptimal leading to increased procedure time
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables pre-operative simulation where different equipment options can be tested virtually on the patient-specific digital twin, allowing physicians to identify and select the optimal equipment and access strategy before the actual procedure, ensuring adaptability to the specific anatomical challenges
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AI summary
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of performing computerized simulations of image-guided procedures. The method may comprise receiving medical image data and metadata of a specific patient. A patient-specific digital image-based model of an anatomical structure may be generated based on the medical image data and the metadata. A computerized simulation of an image-guided procedure may be performed using the digital image-based model and the metadata.