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DETERMINING AND IDENTIFYING CHANGES IN THE POSITION OF PARTS OF A BODY STRUCTURE

  • US 20090093702A1
  • Filed: 10/01/2008
  • Published: 04/09/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for determining and/or identifying a change in the position of a part (20;

  • 100) of a body structure relative to a marker device (400) by means of a data processing device, comprising the steps of;

    providing pre-operative data of the body structure which comprises information concerning the pre-operative position of the part (20;

    100) of the body structure relative to the marker device (400);

    providing intra-operative data of the body structure which comprises information concerning the intra-operative position of the part (20

    ;

    100

    ) of the body structure relative to the marker device (400); and

    in order to determine whether a change in position (40) has occurred, automatically determining - on the basis of the pre-operative position of the part (20;

    100) and the intra-operative position of the part (20

    ;

    100

    )—

    whether the position of the pre-operative part (20;

    100) differs from the position of the intra-operative part (20

    ;

    100

    ) and/or automatically displaying the pre-operative position of the part (20;

    100) and the intra-operative position of the part (20

    ;

    100

    ), such that a different position can be identified.

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