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Seed localization system and method in ultrasound by fluoroscopy and ultrasound fusion

  • US 6,549,802 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2001
  • Issued: 04/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for determining a position of at least one implanted object in a body, comprising:

  • an ultrasound imager configured to forming an ultrasound image of a portion of the body containing the at least one implanted object;

    a fluoroscopy imager configured to form a plurality of fluoroscopic images of the portion of the body; and

    a computer system coupled to said ultrasound imager and to said fluoroscopy imager, said computer system processing the ultrasound image and the plurality of fluoroscopic images to calculate the position of the at least one implanted object in the body.

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