A method and system for guiding a diagnostic or therapeutic...

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A - Human Necessities

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A61B 19/00 (2006.01) A61B 6/12 (2006.01) A61B 5/06 (2006.01)

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CA 2362981

Method and system are presented for guiding a diagnostic or therapeutic instrument (20) towards a correct target (TG) inside the patient's body. A combined image obtained by registering structural and functional images of at least a portion of the patient's body (10) including the target (TG) is used together with a guiding device (18). The guiding device (18) has an indicator associated with the instrument (20), and is operable for presenting data indicative of a position of a location on the instrument (20) relative to any other point in the at least portion of the patient's body (10). The guiding device (18) is connectable to a computer device (24), displaying the combined image and operable thereby for guiding the instrument (20) towards the target (TG).

La présente invention concerne un procédé et un système de guidage d'un instrument (20) thérapeutique ou de diagnostic vers une cible (TG) prédéterminée à l'intérieur du corps d'un patient. Pour ce faire, on utilise un dispositif de guidage (18) ainsi qu'une image combinée obtenue en enregistrant des images structurelles et fonctionnelles d'au moins une partie du corps (10) du patient, y compris la cible (TG). Le dispositif de guidage (18) comporte un indicateur associé à l'instrument (20), agissant de manière à présenter des données indiquant la position d'un point de l'instrument (20) par rapport à n'importe quel autre point dans au moins ladite partie du corps (10) du patient. Par ailleurs, le dispositif de guidage (18) peut être relié à un dispositif d'ordinateur affichant l'image combinée et permettant de guider l'instrument (20) vers la cible (TG).

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