Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-30
2011-08-30
Casler, Brian (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S424000, C600S410000, C600S429000, C600S433000, C606S130000, C606S099000, C606S104000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08010177
ABSTRACT:
A system to allow registration of a patient to image space is disclosed. The registration can be performed without touching a plurality of fiducial points on the patient or in the image data. The registration process can eliminate manual steps of image to patient registration and image to image registration.
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Csavoy Andrew N.
Freas Mark S.
Miller Thomas I.
Solar Matthew S.
Sootsman Keith
Casler Brian
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Lamprecht Joel M
Marks Scott A.
Medtronic Inc.
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