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Registering image information

  • US 6,584,174 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2001
  • Issued: 06/24/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for registering and/or re-registering image information by means of a medical navigation system, wherein:

  • current image information of a patient to be registered using the navigation system is produced using an image information detection device;

    the position of the image information detection device is established by means of the navigation system;

    the current image information is compared with the aid of a computer with previously acquired image information;

    in the event of a difference between the image content of the current and previously acquired image information, a new relative position of the image information detection device and the patient is detected and stored; and

    the current image information produced is registered in the navigation system, based on the information on the new relative position.

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