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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2007
Jens Witte, München, DE;
Jens Witte, München, DE;
Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen, DE;
Abstract
An automatic landmark determining device, includes a storage device for storing at least one anatomical sample image and at least one anatomical landmark, the at least one anatomical landmark corresponding to a characteristic location within the at least one anatomical sample image, The automatic landmark determining device also includes an input device for inputting an anatomical patient image, and a transformation device. The transformation device is configured to apply an image-adapting transformation to the at least one anatomical landmark, said image-adapting transformation corresponding to a transformation that converts the at least one anatomical sample image to the anatomical patient image.