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(11) EP 2 111 604 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3:
04.06.2009

(43) Date of publication:
28.10.2009 Bulletin 2009/44

(21) Application number: 07849520.7

(22) Date of filing: 17.12.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06T 7/00(2006.01)
A61B 6/00(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2007/055155
(87) International publication number:
WO 2008/078259 (03.07.2008 Gazette 2008/27)
(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 LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 22.12.2006 EP 06127045

(71) Applicants:
  • Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)

    LI CY FR GB CZ DK IT EE ES FI GR HU IE IS LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SI SK TR SE AT BE BG CH 
  • Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH
    20099 Hamburg (DE)

    DE 

(72) Inventors:
  • LORENZ, Cristian
    5656 AE Eindhoven (NL)
  • BYSTROV, Daniel
    5656 AE Eindhoven (NL)
  • NETSCH, Thomas
    NL-5656 Eindhoven (NL)
  • YOUNG, Stewart
    NL-5656AE Eindhoven (NL)
  • SPIES, Lothar
    NL-5656AE Eindhoven (NL)

(74) Representative: Schouten, Marcus Maria 
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven
5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)

   


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