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Detection of the shape of treatment devices

  • US 6,428,547 B1
  • Filed: 11/15/2000
  • Issued: 08/06/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of detecting the shape of a treatment device, wherein said treatment device is referenced in a computer-controlled, camera-assisted navigation system by means of a positional marker array attached to said treatment device, wherein projections of said treatment device are detected by means of at least one radiographic image, and the total outer shape of said treatment device is assigned in the navigation system via the position of said positional marker array in said projections.

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