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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2006
Volker Rasche, Erbach, DE;
Volker Rasche, Erbach, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method and system for navigation of a medical instrument, including: introducing at least three reference device(s) disposed to at least three reference locations; employing an imaging and guidance system to acquire a plurality of image projections corresponding to a desired anatomy including the reference devices, the plurality of image projections being sufficient to permit generating a three-dimensional modeling or reconstruction images corresponding to the reference devices. The method also includes measuring a position of the reference devices; formulating a transformation matrix based on comparing positions of the reference devices computed from the modeling or reconstruction images with the measured positions of the reference devices; and superimposing an image of a medical instrument in at least one of the plurality of image projections based on the transformation matrix and a position of the medical instrument.