Image-guided surgery system
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorWillem P. Van Der Brug
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Abstract
An image-guided surgery system includes an optical position measuring system (1, 2) for measuring the position of a surgical instrument (13) relative to a patient (14) to be operated or treated. Using a data processor (2), the position of the surgical instrument (13) is reproduced in an image displayed on a monitor (16). The optical position measuring system (1, 2) includes a camera unit (1) with two cameras (10). The camera unit (1) also includes a memory unit (3) in which data concerning the positions of the cameras (10) in the camera unit (1) relative to one another are stored.
Claims6
An image-guided surgery system, comprising an optical position measuring system for measuring the position of a surgical instrument relative to a patient, which optical position measuring system includes a camera unit with two or more cameras, and a calibration memory means for storing the positions of the cameras in the camera unit relative to one another, which calibration memory means is accommodated in the camera unit.
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