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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Fritz Vollmer, Münich, DE;
Manuel Hoever, Münich, DE;
Fritz Vollmer, Münich, DE;
Manuel Hoever, Münich, DE;
Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a medical image registration method in which an actual patient's body or portion of a patient's body () is positionally registered to a patient image created using a medical body-imaging technique such as MR, CT or x-ray imaging, wherein in a medical navigation system, the actual spatial position of at least a part of the body or body portion () is assigned to a respective position in the image of said body or body portion (), wherein the part of the body or body portion () comprises a registration area in the form of the surface of a substantially rigid body structure, in particular an inner structure, made of bone or cartilage. The invention also relates to a medical image registration device which comprises a surface scanner () for scanning a registration area comprising the surface of a substantially rigid body structure, in particular an inner structure, made of bone or cartilage.