Patent ID: 6567687
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
A medical imaging system, comprising:a rigid frame, which includes: fittings for snugly securing said frame to a patient's body; and at least three fiducial marks, arranged at different locations, on said frame; a three-dimensional, first structural imaging modality, adapted for imaging different densities within the patient's body and adapted to detect said at least three fiducial marks, for defining a three-dimensional coordinate system; a three-dimensional, first functional imaging modality, adapted for imaging radioactively tagged pharmaceuticals, injected to the patient and distributed in the patient's body due to physiological activities, thus adapted to detect said target, wherein said first functional imaging modality is spatially registered to said three-dimensional coordinate system; and a computer device, for receiving input from said first structural and functional imaging modalities and for simultaneously displaying both, superimposed.