Patent ID: 7927014

Claim:
An X-ray diagnostic imaging system with a control computer and one or more system components, the X-ray diagnostic imaging system comprising a plurality of markers detectable by a position detection system, each marker associated with a surface of a housing of a system component, characterized in that the surface comprises at least one curved portion, wherein multiple markers are positioned on the curved portion and arranged substantially seamlessly across the curved portion, wherein each marker comprises a 2D code that represents the position of a reference point on the surface of the housing, wherein each marker is pre-transformed to an orthogonal marker image that represents the marker as if viewed from a direction orthogonal to the marker, wherein the 2D code on the orthogonal marker image can be decrypted, and correlated with stored codes in a look-up table accessible by the control computer, wherein each stored code correlates with a predetermined location on the surface of the X-ray diagnostic imaging system.