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Method and device for placing a patient repeatedly into the same relative position

US7343189B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Robert Kagermeier · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Uwe Urmoneit · Gerhardshofen, DE
Donal Medlar · Weisendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 2003
Grant date	Mar 11, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 26, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2005/1061
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for repositioning a patient in a diagnostic/therapeutic system, as well as to such a system, wherein a repeated, accurate repositioning is achieved by producing difference images from a reference image and a current image, each in two recording axes, which are independent of each other, and by subsequently minimizing the visible differences. The reference images are produced with the same camera setting as the current images.

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