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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Robert Essenreiter, München, DE;
Falko Seifferth, Zorneding, DE;
Robert Schmidt, Kirchheim, DE;
Mario Zeiss, Poing, DE;
Sorin-alexandru Neagu, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias Mühlhäusser, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Anders Steiner, Nürnbert, DE;
Robert Essenreiter, München, DE;
Falko Seifferth, Zorneding, DE;
Robert Schmidt, Kirchheim, DE;
Mario Zeiss, Poing, DE;
Sorin-Alexandru Neagu, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias Mühlhäusser, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Anders Steiner, Nürnbert, DE;
BrainLAB AG, Feldkirchen, DE;
Abstract
A method for displaying images in a medical navigation system assisted by x-ray images includes calibrating an x-ray device in the medical navigation system and producing a plurality of two-dimensional x-ray images of a patient using the x-ray device. During the producing step, positions of the x-ray device are determined using the medical navigation system in order to produce positional data. Data associated with the two-dimensional x-ray images is converted into three-dimensional data. The two-dimensional x-ray images, production information corresponding to the two-dimension x-ray images, and the three-dimensional data to the navigation system. At least the two-dimensional x-ray images are displayed on an image output of the medical navigation system.