Patent ID: 8600001

Claim:
A method for adjusting a fluoroscopy system, comprising the steps of: with a detector connected to a computerized processor, detecting whether a marker device of a navigation system is attached to a fluoroscopy system, said marker device being configured for use by said navigation system to identify a position of a patient or an instrument relative to the fluoroscopy system; providing an input from the detector to said computerized processor that said marker device has been detected attached to the fluoroscopy system; after detection that said marker device is attached to the fluoroscopy system, automatically reading out information from the marker device and supplying said information to said processor; in said processor, automatically determining setting data dependent on said information, said setting data designating a spatial relationship between data acquired by the fluoroscopy system and data acquired by the navigation system; and from said processor, automatically adjusting a spatial position of the fluoroscopy system using said setting data.