1. A post mounting assembly for a molten metal pump, said post mounting assembly comprising:
a pump base to be submerged in molten metal,
a plate member supported above the level of the molten metal by at least two (2) vertical support posts, each of said posts having a longitudinal length extending from said base to a post socket secured to said plate member,
wherein said base includes at least two (2) mounting bores for receipt of a lower end of said posts, each of said bores having a substantially circular configuration and including at least one tab member disposed substantially adjacent an upper surface of said base, wherein said tab member defines a flat surface that partially extends the longitudinal length of said bore and aligns with a flat surface disposed on a lower end of each of said posts, such that aligning said tab member with said surface of said post enables the lower end of the post to be inserted in the bore until an upper surface of said base is in contact with a stop on said lower end of said post, wherein rotating the post within the bore releasably secures the post to the base member,
an upper end of said post is sized to be received within said post socket, wherein said post socket and said upper end include apertures that align such that inserting a pin member through said apertures secures the upper end of the post within said post socket.
2. The assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein said post’s lower end further includes a lip such that when said stop is in contact with said upper surface, said lip is positioned below the tab member within the mounting bore.
3. The assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein said post socket includes a body portion having an opening to access an interior, said opening and interior sized to receive said upper end of said post.
4. The assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein said mounting bores define a void completely through said base.
5. The assembly as recited in claim 4, wherein each of said mounting bores define a first distance which is the diameter of the bore including the tab member, and a second distance which is the diameter of the bore below the tab member.
6. The assembly as recited in claim 5, wherein said first distance is less than said second distance.
7. The assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein rotating the post within the bore until the flat surfaces of the post and tab member are aligned releases the post from the mounting bore.
8. A post mounting assembly for a molten metal pump, said post mounting assembly comprising:
a pump base to be submerged in molten metal,
a plate member supported above the level of the molten metal by at least two (2) vertical support posts, each of said posts having a longitudinal length extending from said base and attached to said plate member,
wherein said base includes mounting bores for receipt of a lower end of said posts, each of said bores include at least one tab member that defines a flat surface that partially extends the longitudinal length of said bore and aligns with a flat surface disposed on a lower end of each of said posts, such that aligning said tab member with said surface of said post enables the lower end of the post to be inserted in the bore until said upper surface is in contact with a stop of the post, wherein rotating the post within the bore releasably secures the post to the base member,
wherein each of said mounting bores define a first distance which is the diameter of the bore including the tab member, and a second distance which is the diameter of the bore below the tab member,
wherein said post’s lower end further includes a lip such that when said stop is in contact with said upper surface, said lip is positioned below the tab member within the mounting bore.
9. A post mounting assembly for a molten metal pump, said post mounting assembly comprising:
a pump base to be submerged in molten metal,
a plate member supported above the level of the molten metal by at least two (2) vertical support posts, each of said posts having a longitudinal length extending from said base and attached to said plate member,
wherein said base includes a plurality of generally circular mounting bores sized to receive a lower end of said posts, each of said bores include a flat surface portion that partially extends the longitudinal length of said bore and aligns with a flat surface disposed on a lower end of each of said posts, such that aligning said flat surface of said bore with said flat surface of said post enables the lower end of the post to be inserted in the bore until an upper surface of said base is in contact with a stop disposed on said post, wherein rotating the post within the bore releasably secures the post to the base member,
wherein said plate member includes at least two (2) post sockets, each post socket sized to receive an upper end of said post, and wherein each of said post sockets and said post include apertures that align such that inserting a pin member through said apertures secures the upper end of the post within said post socket.
10. A post mounting assembly for a molten metal pump, said post mounting assembly comprising:
a pump base to be submerged in molten metal,
a plate member supported above the level of the molten metal by at least two (2) vertical support posts, each of said posts having a longitudinal length extending from said base and attached to said plate member,
wherein said base includes a plurality of generally circular mounting bores sized to receive a lower end of said posts, each of said bores include a flat surface portion that partially extends the longitudinal length of said bore and aligns with a flat surface disposed on a lower end of each of said posts, such that aligning said flat surface of said bore with said flat surface of said post enables the lower end of the post to be inserted in the bore until an upper surface of said base is in contact with a stop disposed on said post, wherein rotating the post within the bore releasably secures the post to the base member,
wherein each of said mounting bores define a first distance which is the diameter of the bore including the flat surface, and a second distance which is the diameter of the bore immediately below the flat surface,
wherein said post’s lower end further includes a lip such that when said stop is in contact with said upper surface, said lip is positioned below the flat surface of the mounting bore.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for an image registration process, comprising:
creating a first 3D image data set of a patient by a first image acquisition system, wherein the first 3D image data set comprises imaging of a part of the body of the patient comprising soft tissue, wherein one or more imaging parameters of the first image acquisition system are selected for soft tissue imaging;
creating a second 3D image data set of the patient by the first image acquisition system, wherein the second 3D image data set comprises imaging of a part of the body of the patient comprising an skeletal structure, wherein one or more imaging parameters of the first image acquisition system are selected for skeletal imaging;
transmitting the first and the second 3D image data set of the patient to a second image acquisition system, which is not suitable for soft tissue imaging;
creating a third 3D image data set of the patient by the second image acquisition system, wherein the third 3D image data set comprises imaging of the part of the body of the patient comprising the skeletal structure imaged by the first image acquisition system;
determining a mapping rule for a coordinate transformation from the second 3D image data set to the third 3D image data set based on a registering of the skeletal structure having been respectively imaged by the first image acquisition system in the second 3D image data set and by the second image acquisition system in the third 3D image data set;
processing the determined mapping rule to relate the first 3D image data set which comprises imaging of the part of the body of the patient comprising soft tissue, to a coordinate system of the second image acquisition system, which is not suitable for soft tissue imaging; and
generating a representation of the part of the body of the patient comprising soft tissue from the first 3D image data set related to the coordinate system of the second image acquisition system, and effective for registering the representation of the part of the body of the patient comprising soft tissue with a 2D image recorded by second image acquisition system.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the representation of the patient from the first 3D image data set comprises a position change of the patient which is captured by the 2D image.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first image acquisition system comprises an MRI scanner.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first image acquisition system comprises a 3D ultrasound image acquisition system.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second image acquisition system comprises an X-ray angiography system.
6. An X-ray angiography system, comprising:
an input that receives a first and a second 3D image data set of a patient from an external image acquisition system, wherein the first 3D image data set comprises imaging of a part of the body of the patient comprising soft tissue, wherein one or more imaging parameters of the first image acquisition are selected for soft tissue imaging and further wherein the second 3D image data set comprises imaging of a part of the body of the patient comprising an skeletal structure, wherein one or more imaging parameters of the first image acquisition system are selected for skeletal imaging;
an X-ray acquisition device that creates a 3D X-ray image data set of the patient as a third 3D image data set, wherein the third 3D image data set comprises imaging of the part of the body of the patient comprising the skeletal structure imaged by the first image acquisition system;
a memory that stores the first, the second, and the third 3D image data set; and
an image processing device that determines a mapping rule for a coordinate transformation from the second 3D image data set to the third 3D image data set based on a registering of the skeletal structure having been respectively imaged by the first image acquisition system in the second 3D image data set and by the second image acquisition system in the third 3D image data set, and applies the mapping rule to the first image data set to generate a representation of the part of the body of the patient comprising soft tissue from the first 3D image data set related to the coordinate system of the second image acquisition system, and effective for registering the representation of the part of the body of the patient comprising soft tissue with a 2D image recorded by second image acquisition system.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the part of the body of the patient comprising soft tissue comprises a heart of the patient and the part of the body of the patient comprising the skeletal structure comprises a vertebral structure of the patient.
8. The X-ray angiography system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the part of the body of the patient comprising soft tissue comprises a heart of the patient and the part of the body of the patient comprising the skeletal structure comprises a vertebral structure of the patient.