Patient representation in medical machines

A method for accurate patient positioning in different medical machines, said method comprising the steps of:

• determining, in a first and a second medical machine, a respective 2- or 3-dimensional representation of at least a portion of the patient in relation to an overall common coordinate system associated with the patient;
• and
• comparing the 2- or 3-dimensional patient representation measured in the second medical machine to a reference patient representation obtained based on the 2- or 3-dimensional patient representation measured in the first medical machine in order to enable accurate patient positioning.

A method for coordinating anatomical patient information from different diagnostic machines, said method comprising the steps of:

• determining, in each of the different diagnostic machines, a respective 2- or 3-dimensional representation of at least a portion of the patient in relation to an overall common coordinate system associated with the patient;
• and
• integrating anatomical patient information obtained from the different diagnostic machines into the common coordinate system based on the 2- or 3-dimensional representations of the patient.

A system for relating anatomical patient information between different medical machines, said system comprising:

• means for determining, in connection with each of the different medical machines, a respective 2- or 3-dimensional representation of at least a portion of the patient in relation to an overall common coordinate system associated with the patient;
• and
• means for relating anatomical patient information between the different medical machines based on the 2- or 3-dimensional representations of the patient as common reference between the medical machines.

A system for accurate patient positioning in different medical machines, said system comprising:

• means for determining, in a first and a second medical machine, a respective 2- or 3-dimensional representation of at least a portion of the patient in relation to an overall common coordinate system associated with the patient;
• and
• means for comparing the 2- or 3-dimensional patient representation measured in the second medical machine to a reference patient representation obtained based on the 2- or 3-dimensional patient representation measured in the first medical machine in order to enable accurate patient positioning.

A system for coordinating anatomical patient information from different diagnostic machines, said system comprising:

• means for determining, in each of the different diagnostic machines, a respective 2- or 3-dimensional representation of at least a portion of the patient in relation to an overall common coordinate system associated with the patient;
• and
• means for integrating anatomical patient information obtained from the different diagnostic machines into the common coordinate system based on the 2- or 3-dimensional representations of the patient.

A system for relating anatomical patient information between different medical machines, said system comprising:

• means for matching anatomical patient information obtained from a first medical machine with a 2- or 3-dimensional representation of at least a portion of the patient measured in the first medical machine in connection with the generation of the anatomical information;
• means for matching the 2- or 3-dimensional patient representation measured in the first medical machine with a corresponding 2- or 3-dimensional patient representation in the second medical machine to relate the anatomical patient information obtained from the first medical machine to the second medical machine;
• wherein the 2- or 3-dimensional representations have been measured in relation to an overall common coordinate system associated with the patient.