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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Richard D. Bucholz, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventor:
Richard D. Bucholz, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for indicating a position within an object such as a head of a body of a patient. The position of a tip of a probe relative to a reference is determined. The position of reference points of the object relative to the reference is measured. The determined position is translated into an image coordinate system and an image of the object is displayed.