Device for marking body sites for medical examinations
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1. A device for marking body sites for imaging medical examination procedures comprising:
- fixtures made of a material that does not disturb the imaging with at least two different imaging examination procedures and adapted to be fastened either to the body or to a stereotaxic means;
markers releasably fastened to the fixtures and including a substance which is contrasty in imaging; and
at least two different markers to be attached to a fixture, each in a predetermined position and each having a contrasty substance for different imaging examination procedures.
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Abstract
A device for marking body sites for imaging medical examinations, such as nuclear spin resonance tomography (NMR), computed tomography (CT), roentgen ray analysis (X-ray), or positron emission tomography (PET), comprises fixtures (10) which are adapted to be fastened to the body and/or to a stereotaxic means or a mask arrangement. Markers (18) containing a substance (20) which provides sharp contrast in the generation of images are adapted to be slid selectively into those fixtures. The fixtures are made of a material which does not disturb the imaging, with at least two different imaging examination procedures.
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1. A device for marking body sites for imaging medical examination procedures comprising:
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fixtures made of a material that does not disturb the imaging with at least two different imaging examination procedures and adapted to be fastened either to the body or to a stereotaxic means; markers releasably fastened to the fixtures and including a substance which is contrasty in imaging; and at least two different markers to be attached to a fixture, each in a predetermined position and each having a contrasty substance for different imaging examination procedures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A device for marking body sites for imaging medical examination procedures comprising:
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fixtures adapted to be releasably fastened either to said body or to a stereotaxic means attached to said body; markers containing a substance which is contrasty in the imaging, said markers being adapted to be releasably fastened to said fixtures; and said fixtures being made of a material that does not disturb the imaging with at least two different imaging examination procedures.
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