Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.

Volker Pritsching

Donal Medlar

Wolfgang Strob

Norbert Eustergerling

Robert Kagermeier

A system and method reconstruct an anatomical impression. The system contains a light signal generating device for generating a light signal directed toward a synthetic test body having the anatomical impression. The light signal is directed toward the synthetic test body such that the light signal is attenuated upon passing through the synthetic test body. A sensor captures the attenuated light signal through the synthetic test body and converts the captured attenuated light signal into digitized image information. The system further includes a digital reconstruction device for reconstructing the digitized image information based on measurement of light attenuation to generate a three-dimensional volume of the anatomical impression.

System and method for three dimensional reconstruction of an anatomical impression

A fluorescence or luminescence scanner and a method for generating 3D fluorescence or luminescence scans are disclosed. The scanner records a fluorescence and/or luminescence image and an optical image of the body to be examined. A pattern, such as a pattern of stripes or some other geometric pattern, is projected at a first angle onto the body to be examined. As a function of the geometric angles, based on the patterns recorded, 3D location information of each surface point of the scanned body is calculated. Both an optical image and a 3D fluorescence and/or luminescence image are obtained. The mutually superimposed (fused) images can be displayed in the form of a 3D fluorescence or luminescence scan.

Apparatus for generating 3D fluorescence or luminescence

An image sensor for a fluorescence scanner for recording both optical and fluorescence images is described. The image sensor includes an image detector and a filter layer. The filter layer comprises at least two different surface portions which have at least two different filter properties. At least one surface portion has a filter characteristic such that fluorescent light can pass through, and at least visible light is filtered out. At least one further surface portion has a filter characteristic such that visible light can pass through.

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Volker Pritsching