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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ali Bani-Hashemi, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Nassir Navab, E. Windsor, NJ (US);
Matthias Mitschke, Nuremberg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Corporate Research, INC, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/08 ; G01N 2/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/08 ; G01N 2/304 ;
Abstract
Superimposed X-ray and video images can be obtained by acquiring the respective images from the optically equivalent points in space. One or more mirrors may be used to acquire the images and direct them towards the camera. The images can then be combined by warping one onto the other.