Abstract:
This is a system for determining a position of a probe (302) relative to an object such as a head of a body of a patient. The head includes a surface such as a forehead having a contour. Cross-sectional images of the head are scanned and stored as a function of the forehead contour. If the forehead contour does not appear in the scan images, then the position of the forehead contour relative to the scan images is determined with an optical scanner (380) and ring (590). During surgery, the optical scanner (380) also determines the position of the tip of the forehead relative to the ring (590). An array (300) for receiving radiation emitted from the probe and from the ring generates signals indicating the position of the tip (301) of the probe (302) relative to the ring (590). A stereo-tactic imaging system (324) generates and displays an image of the head corresponding to the measured position of the tip (301) of the probe (302).
Abstract:
A method for preparing antagonists of viral transactivating proteins is disclosed. In one aspect the method involves the preparation of antagonists from active domains of the viral transactivating protein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antagonists which compositions are useful in treating an individual suffering from viral infection are also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention is based upon correlation of two attenuating lesions of the cp45 strain to specific defects in the genome of cp45. Specifically, a significant level of attenuation of cp45, resulting from its temperature-sensitive and cold-adapted phenotypes is associated with mutation of the L gene of cp45. A second mutation in the gene coding for hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) in the cp45 strain has also been found to be another attenuating mutation. The correlation of these two attenuating lesions of cp45 to specific genes enables several practical applications. It is now possible to create attenuated vaccines directed at other wild-type HPIV-3 viruses and other viruses other than HPIV-3 by incorporating the mutated L and/or HN genes of cp45 in to a target virus genome or alternatively, expressing surface antigen genes from other viruses in cp45.
Abstract:
A system for use during a medical or surgical procedure on a body. The system generates an image representing the position of one or more body elements during the procedure using scans generated by a scanner prior or during the procedure. The image data set has reference points for each of the body elements, the reference points of a particular body element having a fixed spatial relation to the particular body element. The system includes an apparatus for identifying, during the procedure, the relative position of each of the reference points of each of the body elements to be displayed. The system also includes a processor for modifying the image data set according to the identified relative position of each of the reference points during the procedure, as identified by the identifying apparatus, said processor generating a displaced image data set representing the position of the body elements during the procedure. The system also includes a display utilizing the displaced image data set generated by the processor, illustrating the relative position of the body elements during the procedure. Methods relating to the system are also disclosed. Also disclosed are devices for use with a surgical navigation system having a sensor array which is in communication with the device to identify its position. The device may be a reference frame for attachment of a body part of the patient, such as a cranial reference arc frame for attachment to the head or a spine reference arc frame for attachment to the spine. The device may also be a localization frame for positioning an instrument relative to a body part, such as a localization biopsy guide frame for positioning a biopsy needle, a localization drill guide assembly for positioning a drill bit, a localization drill yoke assembly for positioning a drill, or a ventriculostomy probe for positioning a catheter.
Abstract:
A system for determining a position of a probe (302) relative to an object such as a head (390) of a body of a patient. The head includes a surface such as a forehead (394) having a contour. The head is placed in a cradle (392) equipped with an arc (393). The cross-sectional images of the head are determined relative to the arc. A hand-held unit (380) optically scans the forehead and the arc. During scanning to generate the cross-sectional images, the optical scanner (380) is used to determine the position of the forehead (394) relative to the cradle (392). During surgery, the optical scanner (380) also determines the position of the forehead (394) relative to a base ring (306). An array (300) for receiving radiation emitted from the probe (302) and from the base ring (306) generates signals indicating the position of the tip of the probe (302) relative to the base ring (306). A stereotactic imaging system selects and displays the image of the head closest to the measured position of the tip of the probe (302).