Medical imaging installation and method for such an installation
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorGabriel Haras
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Abstract
A medical imaging installation and a method for a medical imaging installation are disclosed for defining a specific position on the surface of an object. In at least one embodiment, the installation has a support apparatus for an object, a device for recording measured data from the object in order to produce an image of the object, a unit for displaying an image obtained from the object, and a device, arranged on the installation in a defined fashion, for projecting a light pattern onto the surface of the object. The light pattern is inserted appropriately into the displayed image of the object in order to define a specific position on the surface of the object.
Claims28
A medical imaging installation comprising:
- a support plate for an object;
- a device to record measured data from the object to produce an image of the object;
- a unit to display an image obtained from the object;
- and
- a device, arranged on the installation in a defined fashion, to project an actual light pattern onto the surface of the object, the actual light pattern defining a specific position on the surface of the object and corresponding to a virtual light pattern inserted into a selected portion of the displayed image of the object.
A method for a medical imaging installation for defining a specffic position on the surface of an object, comprising:
- producing a plurality of tomograms in a z-range of the object, the z-range including a body-part to be punctured, the plurality of tomograms being produced with the aid of a device for recording measured data of the medical imaging installation from the object arranged on a support plate, the support plate being adjustable in a z-direction;
- selecting a tomogram in which the body-part is displayed;
- displaying the selected tomogram with the aid of a display unit;
- inserting a virtual light grid into the displayed tomogram;
- determining a virtual surface position of a virtual puncture site in the selected tomogram;
- positioning the support plate appropriately based on the selected tomogram;
- projecting an actual light grid onto the surface of the object, the actual light grid corresponding to the virtual light grid;
- and
- locating an actual puncture site on the surface of the object, the actual puncture site corresponding to the virtual puncture site on the selected tomogram.
A medical imaging installation comprising:
- a support plate for an object;
- means for recording measured data from the object to produce an image of the object;
- means for displaying an image obtained from the object;
- and
- means, arranged on the installation in a defined fashion, for projecting an actual light pattern onto the surface of the object, the actual light pattern defining a specific position on the surface of the object and corresponding to a virtual light pattern inserted into a selected portion of the displayed image of the object.
A method for a medical imaging installation for defining a specific position on the surface of an object, comprising:
- recording measured data from the object on a support plate to produce images of the object;
- displaying an image obtained from the object;
- and
- projecting an actual light pattern onto the surface of the object, the actual light pattern defining a specific position on the surface of the object and corresponding to a virtual light pattern inserted into a selected portion of the displayed image of the object.
A medical imaging installation comprising:
- a support plate capable of supporting an object, the support plate being adjustable in a z-direction;
- a device to record measured data from the object and to produce a plurality of tomograms in a z-range of the object, the z-range including a body-part to be punctured;
- an input device to select one of the plurality of tomograms and to select a virtual puncture site on the selected tomogram, the puncture site being defined by a virtual light grid inserted into the selected tomogram;
- a display unit to display the selected tomogram and inserted virtual grid;
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- a device, arranged on the installation, to project an actual light grid onto a surface of the object, the actual light grid corresponding to the virtual light grid and defining an actual puncture site on the surface of the object.
A medical imaging installation comprising:
- a support plate capable of supporting an object, the support plate being adjustable in a z-direction;
- means for producing a plurality of tomograms in a z-range of the object, the z-range including a body-part to be punctured;
- means for selecting a tomogram in which the body-part is displayed;
- means for displaying the selected tomogram obtained from the object;
- means for inserting a virtual light grid into the displayed tomogram of the object to define a virtual puncture site on the surface of the object;
- means for determining a virtual surface position of the virtual puncture site in the selected tomogram;
- means for positioning the support plate appropriately based on the selected tomogram;
- means for projecting an actual light grid onto the surface of the object, the actual light grid corresponding to the virtual light grid;
- and
- means for locating an actual puncture site on the surface, the actual puncture site corresponding to the virtual puncture site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.