METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCALIZING COMPONENTS AND/OR PERSONS ASSIGNED TO AN IMAGE RECORDING SCANNER IN A SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method for localizing items associated with a medical image recording scanner, said method comprising:
- providing and uniquely assigning a wireless transmit device to each of a plurality of items, which are associated with operation of a medical image recording scanner, that are separable from but are situated in an environment of the medical image recording scanner, said items being selected from the group consisting of components that are optionally usable in said operation of said medical image recoding scanner, components of said medical image recording scanner that are exchangeable with other components of said medical image recording scanner, and persons to be examined by said operation of said medical image recording scanner;
with at least one receive device situated in said environment receiving at least one localization signal from a respective transmit device that identifies the respective transmit device as a transmitting transmit device;
providing said localization signal from said at least one receive device to a computer and, in said computer, identifying, and determining position information of, the item uniquely associated with the transmitting transmit device; and
emitting an output signal from said computer that electronically represents said position information in a form allowing recall of the item uniquely associated with the transmitting transmit device.
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Abstract
In a method and system for localizing optional and/or exchangeable components of at least one image recording scanner and/or for localizing persons assigned to the image recording scanner in a spatial environment around the location of the image recording scanner, the components and/or persons are each provided with a wireless transmit device and the environment is provided with wireless receive devices. For each transmit device, using at least one localization signal received by at least one receive device in which the transmitting transmit device is identified, an item of position information of the transmit device, and thus of the component or person assigned to the transmit device, is determined and is provided in a computer for recall purposes.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for localizing items associated with a medical image recording scanner, said method comprising:
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providing and uniquely assigning a wireless transmit device to each of a plurality of items, which are associated with operation of a medical image recording scanner, that are separable from but are situated in an environment of the medical image recording scanner, said items being selected from the group consisting of components that are optionally usable in said operation of said medical image recoding scanner, components of said medical image recording scanner that are exchangeable with other components of said medical image recording scanner, and persons to be examined by said operation of said medical image recording scanner; with at least one receive device situated in said environment receiving at least one localization signal from a respective transmit device that identifies the respective transmit device as a transmitting transmit device; providing said localization signal from said at least one receive device to a computer and, in said computer, identifying, and determining position information of, the item uniquely associated with the transmitting transmit device; and emitting an output signal from said computer that electronically represents said position information in a form allowing recall of the item uniquely associated with the transmitting transmit device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A localization system for localizing items associated with a medical image recording scanner, comprising:
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a wireless transmit device provided to, and uniquely assigned to, each of a plurality of items, which are associated with operation of a medical image recording scanner, that are separable from but are situated in an environment of the medical image recording scanner, said items being selected from the group consisting of components that are optionally usable in said operation of said medical image recoding scanner, components of said medical image recording scanner that are exchangeable with other components of said medical image recording scanner, and persons to be examined by said operation of said medical image recording scanner; at least one receive device situated in said environment to receive at least one localization signal from a respective transmit device that identifies the respective transmit device as a transmitting transmit device; a computer provided with said localization signal from said at least one receive device, said computer being configured to identify, and determine position information of, the item uniquely associated with the transmitting transmit device; and said computer being configured to emit an output signal that electronically represents said position information in a form allowing recall of the item uniquely associated with the transmitting transmit device.
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