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Patent US8164064 - Localization of a radioactive source within a body of a subject - Google Patents
A computerized system for locating a device including a sensor module and a processor. A radioactive source, associated with the device, produces a signal in the form of radioactive disintegrations. The sensor module includes a radiation detector capable of receiving a signal from the source attached...http://www.google.com/patents/US8164064?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8164064 - Localization of a radioactive source within a body of a subject
Publication number US8164064 B2
Application number US 12/949,743
Also published as EP1805506A2, EP1805506A4, US7847274, US8198588, US20070205373, US20110046478, US20110062344, US20120323114, US20120323255, US20130013280, WO2006016368A2, WO2006016368A3
Publication number 12949743, 949743, US 8164064 B2, US 8164064B2, US-B2-8164064, US8164064 B2, US8164064B2
Inventors Giora Kornblau, Shlomi Ben-Ari
Patent Citations (151), Non-Patent Citations (63), Classifications (18), Legal Events (3)
Localization of a radioactive source within a body of a subject
US 8164064 B2
2) the coefficients A, B, C, and D are calculated as follows:
a. Three non-collinear points are defined within sensor 20's internal reference frame.
b. These three points are then shifted by the position of sensor 20 and rotated by the sensor orientation. This defines the plane in which source 38 would lie if output signal 34 was zero.
c. These three points are then rotated about the axis of rotation angle 32 of sensor 20 by rotation angle 32 indicated by output signal 34. This defines the plane in which source 38 lies as measured by a particular sensor 20.
d. Using the x,y,z coordinates of the three points, x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2,x3,y3,z3 in the following equations, A, B, C, and D are calculated as follows:
[ A 1 B 1 C 1 A 2 B 2 C 2 A 3 B 3 C 3 ] [ x y z ] = [ D 1 D 2 D 3 ]
[ A 1 B 1 C 1 A 2 B 2 C 2 A 3 B 3 C 3 ⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ] [ x y z ] = [ D 1 D 2 D 3 ⋮ ]
1) The Root Mean Square (RMS) error when the target is stationary
2) The time to indicate a 9 mm change in calculated location after a 10 mm change in actual location of source 38.
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U.S. Classification 250/363.1, 600/424, 250/363.01, 378/9, 600/3, 378/14, 600/431, 250/362
International Classification A61N5/10, A61B5/05
Cooperative Classification A61B6/4258, A61B90/36, A61B2034/2051, A61B34/20, A61B2090/392, A61B2034/105