Patent ID: 9427198
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A system for live 3D x-ray viewing, the system comprising: an x-ray source, an x-ray detector, a processing unit, a monitor and a position detector that detects a position of eyes of a viewer and determines the distance between the monitor and the eyes of the viewer, wherein: the x-ray source and the x-ray detector are arranged on a C-arm, the x-ray source comprises two focal spots, a separation of the two focal spots is adjustable, the processing unit is adapted to calculate the separation of the two focal spots on the basis of the distance between an object of interest and the focal spots, the distance between the monitor and the eyes of the viewer, and the distance between the eyes of the viewer, and the processing unit is adapted to provide a command for adjusting the separation of the two focal spots corresponding to the calculated separation.