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Process and apparatus for image guided treatment with an integration of X-ray detection and navigation system

US6527443B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Vilsmeier · Munich, DE
Rainer Birkenbach · Erding, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 1999
Grant date	Mar 4, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 31, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/376
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process and apparatus for image-guided treatment of target areas, the process including the steps of: producing at least one x-ray image of a treatment area using an x-ray unit, the image including an x-ray image of a reference structure; mapping the reference structure three-dimensionally via a navigation system; and integrating the mapped data and the x-ray image in a computer unit having a display. The navigation system is capable of mapping operating instruments during surgery so that the mapped data of operating instruments can be output on the display in correct positional relationship with the x-ray image.

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