Medical marker tracking with marker property determination
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1. A method for tracking at least one medical marker, comprising:
- comparing, using a processor, actual properties of the at least one marker with nominal properties of the at least one marker; and
forming a basis for subsequent use of information obtained from the at least one marker from the comparison,wherein comparing includes determining there is a deviation in quality of the at least one marker if the actual properties of the at least one marker do not correspond to the nominal properties of the at least one marker.
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Abstract
A method for tracking at least one medical marker is provided, wherein actual properties of the at least one marker are compared with nominal properties of the at least one marker. A basis for subsequent use of information obtained from the at least one marker is formed based on the comparison.
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1. A method for tracking at least one medical marker, comprising:
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comparing, using a processor, actual properties of the at least one marker with nominal properties of the at least one marker; and forming a basis for subsequent use of information obtained from the at least one marker from the comparison, wherein comparing includes determining there is a deviation in quality of the at least one marker if the actual properties of the at least one marker do not correspond to the nominal properties of the at least one marker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for tracking at least one medical marker, comprising:
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comparing, using a processor, actual properties of the at least one marker with nominal properties of the at least one marker; and forming a basis for subsequent use of information obtained from the at least one marker from the comparison, wherein comparing includes comparing properties of at least one of a brightness or brightness profile in the at least one marker features, a shape of the at least one marker, a size of the at least one marker, a visibility of the at least one marker, a degree of soiling of the at least one marker, a correlation of images of the at least one marker from various viewing directions, the line-of-sight deviation or epipolar geometry, or a position or position relative to a reference of the at least one marker and/or an image of the at least one marker. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for tracking at least one medical marker, comprising:
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code that compares actual properties of the at least one marker with nominal properties of the at least one marker; and code that forms a basis for subsequent use of information obtained from the at least one marker from the comparison, wherein the code that compares includes code that determines there is a deviation in quality of the at least one marker if the actual properties of the at least one marker do not correspond to the nominal properties of the at least one marker.
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17. A medical marker tracking device, comprising:
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a medical marker tracking system operable to detect instrument or patient markers; a data processing unit and memory operatively coupled to said tracking system; and logic stored in memory and executable by said processor, said logic including logic that compares actual properties of the markers with nominal properties of the markers and provides the result of the comparison as an output for subsequent use of the information on the detected markers, wherein the logic that compares includes logic that determines there is a deviation in quality of the at least one marker if the actual properties of the at least one marker do not correspond to the nominal properties of the at least one marker. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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