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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Paul Antoon Cyriel Desmedt, Eindhoven, NL;
Shirley Antoinette Maurice Baert, Den Bosch, NL;
Wiro Joep Niessen, Driebergen, NL;
Paul Antoon Cyriel Desmedt, Eindhoven, NL;
Shirley Antoinette Maurice Baert, Den Bosch, NL;
Wiro Joep Niessen, Driebergen, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Apparatus for navigating an instrument through an anatomical structure of a patient's body volume, comprising a table for supporting the patient and at least a first C-arm having a first X-ray source and a first X-ray detector for acquiring a first series of 2D-images of the instrument while maneuvering through said anatomical structure, and further comprising a processing unit for the images which unit connects to a memory device, whereby the memory device holds pre-determined 3D-images of the patient's anatomical structure, and the processing unit is arranged for processing the 2D-images of the instrument and the 3D-images of the anatomical structure so as to provide merged 3D-images of the instrument that in use maneuvers through said anatomical structure.