Method for assigning digital image information to the navigational data of a medical navigation system
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1. A method for assigning digital image information to the navigational data of a medical navigation system, comprising:
- producing digital image information from a digital image recording device for a patient being monitored by said navigation system;
transmitting a signal from said image recording device to said navigation system when an image is produced, said signal including assignment information for assigning said image information to navigational data which apply to said image informationtransmitting said image information from said image recording device to said navigation system; and
assigning said image information and said corresponding navigational data to each other based on the signal such that the assigned image information and captured navigational data relate to substantially the same instant in time.
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Abstract
A method for assigning digital image information to the navigational data of a medical navigation system is provided. The method includes:
- producing digital image information from a digital image recording device for a patient being monitored by means of the navigation system;
- transmitting a signal from the image recording device to the navigation system when an image is produced, the signal including assignment information for assigning the image information to the navigational data which apply to the image information; and
- transmitting the image information from the image recording device to the navigation system, wherein
- the image information and the corresponding navigational data are assigned to each other.
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1. A method for assigning digital image information to the navigational data of a medical navigation system, comprising:
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producing digital image information from a digital image recording device for a patient being monitored by said navigation system; transmitting a signal from said image recording device to said navigation system when an image is produced, said signal including assignment information for assigning said image information to navigational data which apply to said image information transmitting said image information from said image recording device to said navigation system; and assigning said image information and said corresponding navigational data to each other based on the signal such that the assigned image information and captured navigational data relate to substantially the same instant in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A program embodied on a computer readable medium for assigning digital image information to navigational data of a medical navigation system, comprising:
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code that produces digital image information from a digital image recording device for a patient being monitored by said navigation system; code that transmit a signal from said image recording deice to said navigation system when an image is produced, said signal including assignment information for assigning said image information to navigational data which apply to said image information; code that transmits said image information from said image recording device to said navigation system; and code that assigns said image information and said corresponding navigational data to each other based on the signal such that the assigned image information and captured navigational data relate to substantially the same instant in time.
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12. An apparatus for assigning digital image information to the navigational data of a medical navigation system, comprising:
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a digital image recording device that produces digital image information for a patient being monitored by said navigation system; a signal transmission device that transmits a signal from said image recording device said to navigation system when an image is produced, said signal including assignment information for assigning said image information to navigational data which apply to said image information; an image transmission device that transmits said image information from said image recording device to said navigation system; and a data processing device that assigns said image information and said corresponding navigation data to each other based on the signal such that assigned image information and captured navigational data relate to substantially the same instant in time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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