Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for superimposition of X-ray and video images

US6473489B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ali Bani-Hashemi · Montgomery, US
Nassir Navab · Munich, DE
Matthias Mitschke · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 1999
Grant date	Oct 29, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2223/419
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Superimposed X-ray and video images can be obtained by acquiring the respective images from the optically equivalent points in space. One or more mirrors may be used to acquire the images and direct them towards the camera. The images can then be combined by warping one onto the other.

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