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System and method for the creation of a virtual observation and access channel in medical 3D images

US7844474B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Karl Barth · Hochspeyer, DE
Gerd Wessels · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 23, 2004
Grant date	Nov 30, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/365
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a system for the producing and displaying a virtual access channel in medical images, having a computer with a monitor, and a position and orientation-capturing operating unit and a method for producing and displaying such a virtual access channel in medical 3D images, the computer contains a preoperatively obtained 3D data record of a patient to be examined and can display this as a 3D image and is connected with the operating unit such that a virtual optical channel of the 3D data record is excised from the data record based on a registration between the operating unit and the data record as well as based on different channel parameters, and is displayed on the monitor of the computer.

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