Patent ID: 6823207
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
A medical diagnostic imaging system comprising:an X-ray source and X-ray detector; a surgical instrument; sensors tracking a position of at least one of said surgical instrument and said X-ray detector by outputting signals; an imaging and navigation workstation including an imaging subsystem executing fluoroscopic imaging based on an output of said X-ray detector and a navigation subsystem tracking a signal from at least one of said sensors, wherein the signal is representative of a position of at least one of said surgical instrument and said X-ray detector with respect to a coordinate system; a private digital communication interface bi-directionally coupling said imaging subsystem to said navigation subsystem to help accomplish at least synchronization of image acquisition and coordinate determination; and a display for displaying fluoroscopic images superimposed with a displayed instrument such that a relation of said displayed instrument with respect to said fluoroscopic image corresponds to a relation of said surgical instrument to a patient.