Patent ID: 7628538

Claim:
A system for calibrating an X-ray diagnostic system, the system comprising an X-ray phantom and a position detection system for detecting a marker configuration, the system characterized in that the X-ray phantom is disposed in a position and orientation that is specified with respect to a coordinate system of the position detection system, the X-ray phantom disposed relative to and in the vicinity of an acquisition unit of the position detection system, the X-ray phantom mounted by a mount on the position detection system, wherein said system is characterized in that the acquisition unit of the position detection system comprises a single camera and at least one planar mirror disposed in the path of rays between the camera and the marker configuration, the camera having a field of view having a first area onto which the marker configuration is imaged along a direct ray and at least a second area in which the marker configuration is imaged along at least one ray that is reflected by the mirror.