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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Andrew Litvin, Wakefield, MA (US);
Mohamed Ali Hamadeh, Kingston, NH (US);
Andrew Litvin, Wakefield, MA (US);
Mohamed Ali Hamadeh, Kingston, NH (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method of image-guided navigation comprising determining a final navigated point in a three-dimensional reconstructed coordinate system based at least partially on two or more navigated points in a coordinate system associated with a two-dimensional array of image pixels and without specifying a coordinate of each of the two or more navigated points in a direction orthogonal to the two-dimensional array of image pixels, wherein each of the two or more navigated points is for a different position of a C-arm gantry. Also provided is an image-guided navigation system.