Patent · US Expired

Method and system for visualizing an object

US6628977B2 · kind B2 · utility

31Cited by

12References

21Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Rainer Graumann · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Norbert Rahn · Forchheim, DE
Siegfried Wach · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2000
Grant date	Sep 30, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 12, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/378
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method and a system for visualizing the position and orientation of an object that is penetrating, or that has penetrated, into a subject, a first set of image data are produced from the interior of the subject before the object has penetrated into the subject, a second set of image data are produced from the interior of the subject during or after the penetration of the object into the subject, the sets of image data are connected and are superimposed to form a fused set of image data, and an image obtained from the fused set of image data is displayed. The system has an x-ray computed tomography apparatus, and an x-ray apparatus, and/or an ultrasound apparatus for producing the first and second sets of data, respectively.

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