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US 6,606,514 B2Granted
Device for reproducing slice images
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsMichael Grass, Thomas Koehler
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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsMichael Grass, Thomas Koehler
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The invention relates to a device for reproducing slice images during the treatment of an object to be examined, the device includes measuring hardware for determining, relative to a reference system, the position of a medical instrument partly introduced into the object to be examined during the treatment. In order to enable such a device to change the orientation of slice images during the treatment in a simple and interactive manner, according to the invention adjusting means are provided on the part of the medical instrument which projects from the object to be examined in order to change the orientation of the slice images reproduced. The invention also relates to a medical instrument appropriately constructed for this purpose and provided with such adjusting means as well as to an appropriate method.
A device for reproducing slice images during treatment of an object to be examined, which device includes measuring means for determining, relative to a reference system, the position of a medical instrument partly inserted into the object to be examined during the treatment, wherein adjusting means (13) are provided on a part of the medical instrument which projects from the object to be examined after its insertion therein, which adjusting means are arranged to change the orientation of the slice images reproduced.
A medical instrument to be introduced partly into an object to be examined during a treatment, the formation of slice images of the object to be examined during the treatment being desired, wherein, in order to change the orientation of the slice images formed adjusting means are provided on a part of the medical instrument which projects from the object to be examined after its introduction therein.
A method of reproducing slice images during the treatment of an object to be examined, measuring means being used for determining, relative to a reference system, the position of a medical instrument partly inserted into the object to be examined during the treatment, wherein the adjustment of adjusting means provided on the part of the medical instrument which projects from the object to be examined is changed in order to change the orientation of the slice images reproduced.
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