Skin marker
AssigneeUniversity of Ulster
InventorsBrian McClelland, Robert John Winder, Justin Dominic Martin Magee, Paul McCarron
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Abstract
A skin marker for providing a reference point for a plurality of different medical imaging procedures, said marker incorporating one or more substances having one or more of radiance and/or hydration and/or radiopaque and/or radio luminescent and/or radioactive properties for detection by X-ray and/or Computer Tomography (CT) and/or MRI and/or Ultrasonic scanning processes and/or Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and one or more markings recognisable by an optical imaging process such as 3D surface scanning.
Claims23
A skin marker for providing a reference point for a plurality of different medical imaging procedures, said marker comprising:
- at least one substance having one or more properties chosen from (i) radiance, (ii) hydration, (iii) radiopaqueness, (iv) radio luminescence, and (v) radioactivity for detection by one or more of (i) X-ray, (ii) Computer Tomography (CT), (iii) MRI, (iv) Ultrasonic scanning processes, and (v) Positron Emission Tomography (PET);
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- at least one marking that is recognisable by an optical electronic imaging process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.