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Automated imaging device and method for registration of anatomical structures

US8948472B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

Richard Wohlgemuth · Birkenfeld, DE
Gregor Tuma · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2008
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S128/923
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device and method for capturing images of a specific part of an anatomical structure using a series of images, wherein an image is taken of the anatomical structure and is compared to a database of information is order to determine and optimize the imaging conditions used for taken subsequent images of the specific part.

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