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Registration system for use with position tracking and imaging system for use in medical applications
Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co LLC
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Filing: 1996-04-24
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Granted: 1998-09-01
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Expires: 2016-04-24
Abstract
Abstract A system is disclosed for monitoring the position of a medical instrument with respect to a patient's body and for displaying at least one of a plurality of prerecorded images of said body responsive to the position of said medical instrument. In one embodiment the system includes a reference unit secured from movement with respect to the patient's body such that said reference unit is substantially immobile with respect to a target operation site. The system also includes a remote unit for attachment to the medical instrument. A field generator may be associated with one of the units for generating a position characteristic field in an area including the target operation site. One or more field sensors may be associated with either of the units responsive to the presence of the position characteristic field for producing one or more sensor output signals representative of said sensed field. A position detector in communication with the sensor output signal produces position data representative of the position of the remote unit with respect to the reference unit. An output display in communication with the position detector displays at least one of the prerecorded images responsive to the position data.
Inventors
- 👤 Maurice R. Ferre
- 👤 Peter D. Jakab
- 👤 James S. Tieman
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 11:53
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/06; A61B34/00; A61B34/20; A61B5/061; A61B5/062; A61B5/064; A61B6/00; A61B6/02; A61B6/03; A61B6/032; A61B6/037; A61B90/00; A61B90/10; A61B90/14; A61B90/36; A61B90/39; A61B90/90; A61B90/98; G; G01; G01B; G01B7/00; G01B7/004; G06; G06T; G06T3/00; G06T3/14; A61B17/00; A61B2017/00017; A61B2017/00022; A61B2017/0046; A61B2017/00464; A61B2017/00477; A61B2017/00482; A61B2034/2046; A61B2034/2051; A61B2034/2055; A61B2034/2068; A61B2034/2072; A61B90/08; A61B2090/0818; A61B2090/363; A61B2090/3937; A61B2090/3983; A61B90/361
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of identifying a location of radiopaque elements on computerized tomography medical images of a surgical patient and of locating a position of said radiopaque elements on said surgical patient, said method comprising the steps of: placing locating strips on the skin of said patient, said locating strips each including a small generally centrally positioned mark thereon, and including fiducial markers each including a radiopaque element, wherein said markers are positioned on said strips such that said radiopaque elements cover said centrally positioned mark on said locating strips; removing said fiducial markers after said computerized tomography images are recorded; and identifying the position of said radiopaque elements on said patient by locating the position of said marks on said strips.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of identifying a location of radiopaque elements on computerized tomography medical images of a surgical patient and of locating a position of said radiopaque elements on said surgical patient, said method comprising the steps of: placing locating strips on the skin of said patient, said locating strips each including a small generally centrally positioned mark thereon, and including fiducial markers each including a radiopaque element, wherein said markers are positioned on said strips such that said radiopaque elements cover said centrally positioned mark on said locating strips; removing said fiducial markers after said computerized tomography images are recorded; and identifying the position of said radiopaque elements on said patient by locating the position of said marks on said strips.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said mark includes a small opening extending through said locating strip.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
124 words
A method of identifying a location of radiopaque elements on computerized tomography medical images of a surgical patient and of locating a position of said radiopaque elements on said surgical patient, said method comprising the steps of: placing locating strips on the skin of said patient, said locating strips each including a small generally centrally positioned mark thereon, placing on said locating strips, fiducial markers each including a radiopaque element, wherein said markers are positioned on said strips such that said radiopaque elements cover said centrally positioned mark on said locating strips; removing said fiducial markers after said computerized tomography images are recorded; and identifying the position of said radiopaque elements on said patient by locating the position of said marks on said strips.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
124 words
A method of identifying a location of radiopaque elements on computerized tomography medical images of a surgical patient and of locating a position of said radiopaque elements on said surgical patient, said method comprising the steps of: placing locating strips on the skin of said patient, said locating strips each including a small generally centrally positioned mark thereon, placing on said locating strips, fiducial markers each including a radiopaque element, wherein said markers are positioned on said strips such that said radiopaque elements cover said centrally positioned mark on said locating strips; removing said fiducial markers after said computerized tomography images are recorded; and identifying the position of said radiopaque elements on said patient by locating the position of said marks on said strips.
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