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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Isabelle Janssen, Erlangen, DE;
Rainer Kuth, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Isabelle Janssen, Erlangen, DE;
Rainer Kuth, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method and medical examination apparatus for determination of the position of at least one slice in an examination area in which slice a slice image acquisition of the examination area by means of the examination device is to occur, a 3D image dataset of the examination area is acquired, which is then brought into registration with a chronologically earlier acquired 3D reference image dataset. The slice in the 3D image dataset is determined by at least one reference slice defined in the 3D reference image dataset.