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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a method and a system for visualizing the position and orientation of an object that is penetrating, or that has penetrated, into a subject, a first set of image data are produced from the interior of the subject before the object has penetrated into the subject, a second set of image data are produced from the interior of the subject during or after the penetration of the object into the subject, the sets of image data are connected and are superimposed to form a fused set of image data, and an image obtained from the fused set of image data is displayed. The system has an x-ray computed tomography apparatus, and an x-ray apparatus, and/or an ultrasound apparatus for producing the first and second sets of data, respectively.