Patent ID: 9033997
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program for determining a region of the body in which an anatomical part of the body is situated, said program being configured to cause a computer on which the program is executed to: obtain anatomical point data which includes information concerning a spatial pattern of positions of patient landmarks of a part of a patient's body which corresponds to the anatomical part of the body; obtain landmark data which includes information concerning a spatial pattern of positions of model landmarks of a model of the anatomical part of the patient's body; determine, based on the landmark data and the anatomical point data and an assumption that the patient landmarks represent the same landmarks as the model landmarks, the region of the body in which the part of the patient's body is situated, wherein the patient landmarks include an artificial landmark on the part of the patient's body and anatomical landmarks on the part of the patient's body, and the model landmarks include an artificial landmark in the model and anatomical landmarks in the model; wherein the position of the artificial landmark on the part of the patient's body corresponds to the position of a marker device on the part of the patient's body.