Patent Document ID: 20010029334
Application ID: 09748320
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for visualizing a position and orientation of an object at least partially disposed in an interior of an examination subject, comprising the steps of: (a) producing a first set of image data from said interior of said subject using a first apparatus for recording image data, before said object is disposed in said interior; (b) producing a second set of image data from said interior of said subject using a second apparatus for recording image data, realized differently from said first apparatus for recording image data, at a time when at least a portion of said object is disposed in the interior of the subject; (c) producing a connection between said image data of said first set and said image data of said second set; (d) superimposing said image data of said first set with said image data of said second set to form a fused set of image data; and (e) obtaining an image from said fused set of image data and displaying said image obtained from the fused set of image data.