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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2002
Applicants:
Marwan Sati, Mississauga, CA;
Martin Cyr, Longueuil, CA;
Inventors:
Marwan Sati, Mississauga, CA;
Martin Cyr, Longueuil, CA;
Assignee:
Cedara Software Corp., Mississauga, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A C-arm imaging device method, apparatus and system are provided. The apparatus and system includes a module for determining the positions of an imaging source and an imaging receptor and a local gravity vector to determine an imaging source focal point displacement. The apparatus and system may include a module for determining magnetic field distortion. Data obtained by the apparatus and system can be stored for use in subsequent interpolation of imaging source focal point displacement for the C-arm imaging device.