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Method and system for medical tracking using a plurality of camera positions

US10231787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

Robert Schmidt · Birkenfeld, DE
Johannes Manus · Munich, DE
Fritz Vollmer · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2012
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30244
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for tracking trackable objects using a medical tracking device, the tracking device being a camera or an EM transmitter, during a medical workflow comprising a plurality of workflow steps, wherein each trackable object has at least one marker and the method comprises the steps of: —acquiring a set of camera positions, wherein each tracking device position is associated with at least one workflow step; —identifying a workflow; —sequentially and automatically moving the tracking device to the camera positions associated with the workflow steps; and—performing a tracking step only when the tracking device is in a fixed position.

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