CA2284533A1 - Intrabody measurement - Google Patents

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CA2284533A1
CA2284533A1 CA002284533A CA2284533A CA2284533A1 CA 2284533 A1 CA2284533 A1 CA 2284533A1 CA 002284533 A CA002284533 A CA 002284533A CA 2284533 A CA2284533 A CA 2284533A CA 2284533 A1 CA2284533 A1 CA 2284533A1
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Shlomo Ben-Haim
Fenster Maier
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Abstract

A method of measuring the size of an area (22) within a body, including bringing at least one position sensor (28) to each of a plurality of points in the area, determining position coordinates of the plurality of points, using the sensor (28) and calculating distances between the plurality of points.
CA002284533A 1998-01-22 1998-01-22 Intrabody measurement Expired - Lifetime CA2284533C (en)

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