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System and method for modifying images of a body part

  • US 8,046,053 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2005
  • Issued: 10/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for use during a medical or surgical procedure on a portion of a body, said system for use with a discriminated image data set identifying skeletal elements of the portion of the body and representing a position and a geometry of the skeletal elements of the portion of the body;

  • said system comprising;

    a memory for storing the discriminated image data set;

    an imaging device for producing, during the procedure, a density image of the portion of the body;

    a processor modifying the discriminated image data set stored in the memory according to the density image, said processor generating a displaced image data set representing the position and geometry of the skeletal elements of the portion of the body during the procedure; and

    a display utilizing the displaced image data set illustrating the position and geometry of the skeletal elements of the portion of the body during the procedure.

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