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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Brainlab Ag, Munich, DE;
Juergen Gassner, Unterfoehring, DE;
Uli Mezger, Heimstetten, DE;
Valentin Elefteriu, Kirchheim, DE;
Stefan Vilsmeier, Munich, DE;
Brainlab AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a data processing method of determining a transformation for transforming medical image data into a positional reference system, the method being executed by a computer and comprising the following steps: a) acquiring, from a medical imaging apparatus (), medical image data comprising medical image information describing a two-dimensional image of an anatomical body part (); b) acquiring medical image selection data comprising medical image selection information describing a selection () from the medical image information; c) acquiring imaging apparatus characteristic data comprising imaging apparatus characteristic information describing an imaging characteristic of the medical imaging apparatus (); d) determining, based on the medical image data, medical image selection data and imaging apparatus characteristic data, selection position data comprising selection position information describing a three-dimensional position of an anatomical structure () in the anatomical body part () corresponding to the selection from the medical image information.