Medical instrument identification

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2008-02-01

2010-06-01

Le, Thien M. (Department: 2887)

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ABSTRACT:
A medical instrument identification system for identifying a medical instrument from a plurality of medical instruments includes at least one optical sensor for detecting features of the at least one medical instrument, and a data processing device operatively coupled to the at least one optical sensor. The data processing device is operative to use videometric pattern recognition to identify the at least one medical instrument based on the detected features, wherein the optical sensor and the data processing device are assigned to a medical instrument tracking system.

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