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Registration aid for medical images

  • US 8,280,490 B2
  • Filed: 12/02/2005
  • Issued: 10/02/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A registration aid for medical images obtained from an examination subject respectively with different imaging modalities at separated points in time, said registration aid comprising:

  • a carrier adapted to be reproducibly applied to an examination subject at separated points in time at a substantially identical position on the examination subject at each of the separated points in time; and

    at least one landmark provider carried by said carrier, said landmark provider providing a first landmark visible in a first of said imaging modalities and a second landmark, different from said first landmark, visible in a second of said imaging modalities, said landmark provider providing said first and second landmarks with a fixed spatial relation relative to each other to allow contents of an image obtained with said first of said imaging modalities to be brought into registration with contents of an image obtained with said second of said imaging modalities, with said carrier being applied to the examination subject while each of said images is obtained.

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