Patent ID: 9305354
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A61B,G06T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for mapping a three-dimensional space in medical applications for diagnostic, surgical or interventional medicine purposes, wherein it comprises: acquisition means capable of recording two-dimensional images of said three-dimensional space from at least a first recording position and a second recording position, the coordinates of said first and second recording positions being changeable from time to time; and a reference target element comprising a plurality of marker elements (M a processing unit adapted to receive data indicative of a first image and of a second image of said three-dimensional space, said first image being acquired by said acquisition means in said first recording position with said reference target element positioned in said first target point in such a manner as to be framed by said acquisition means in said first recording position, said second image being acquired by said acquisition means in said second recording position with said reference target element shifted in said second target point in such a manner as to be framed by said acquisition means in said second recording position, said processing unit comprising computerized means adapted to calculate registration data to register the two-dimensional reference systems (G