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US 6,584,174 B2Granted
Registering image information
AssigneeBrainlab AG
InventorsMario Schubert, Falko Seifferth, Stefan Vilsmeier, Mario Zeiss
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AssigneeBrainlab AG
InventorsMario Schubert, Falko Seifferth, Stefan Vilsmeier, Mario Zeiss
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The invention relates to a method for registering image information by means of a medical navigation system, wherein: current image information, in particular a current x-ray image of a patient to be registered using the navigation system, is produced; the position of the image information detection device, in particular of the x-ray device, is established by means of the navigation system; the current image information, in particular the current x-ray image, is compared with the aid of a computer with other image information (for example, a previously taken x-ray image); in the event of a difference between the image content of the current and previous image, the new relative position of the image information detection device or x-ray device respectively and of the patient is detected and stored; and the current image information produced or current x-ray image produced, respectively, is registered in the navigation system, based on the information on the new relative position. The invention further relates to: a program which, when run on a computer or loaded in a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method; a computer program storage medium comprising such a program; and an x-ray image registering means.
A method for registering and/or re-registering image information by means of a medical navigation system, wherein:
An x-ray image registering means comprising a medical navigation system, an x-ray device with which a current x-ray image is produced of a patient to be registered using the navigation system, the navigation system including a means by which the position of the x-ray device is established, characterised by an image comparing means with which the current x-ray image is compared with the aid of computers with previous image information, as well as by a detecting and storing means with which, in the event of a difference between the image content of the current and previous image information, the new relative position of the x-ray device and the patient is detected and stored, whereby the current x-ray image produced can be highly accurately re-registered in the navigation system, based on the information on the new relative position.
A method for registering image information by means of a medical navigation system, comprising the steps of:
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