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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Lutz Gündel, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Lutz Gündel, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is disclosed for improving the accuracy of a bronchial biopsy. In at least one embodiment, the method includes detecting the position and extent of a lesion to be biopsied by way of imaging methods, calculating the maximum biopsy depth with a known biopsy inaccuracy as a function of the extent of the lesion, and producing a biopsy plan on the basis of the calculated maximum biopsy depth and the position of the lesion. A device is also disclosed for carrying out the method.