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(88) Date of publication A3: 01.06.2006 (43) Date of publication: 27.12.2006 Bulletin 2006/52 (21) Application number: 05736176.8 (22) Date of filing: 12.04.2005

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06T 5/00(2006.01) G06T 7/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2005/012325 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/101314 (27.10.2005 Gazette 2005/43)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL BA HR LV MK YU (30) Priority: 12.04.2004 US 561465 P (71) Applicant: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION Boston, MA 02114 (US)	(72) Inventors: ZALIS, Michael, E. Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (US) KOHLBERG, Gavriel, D. Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (US) (74) Representative: Kopf, Korbinian Paul  Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstrasse 3 80335 München 80335 München (DE)