Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Rik August Runge

Elise Claude Valentine Talgorn

Sven S Weichert

Johan Partomo Djajadiningrat

Niels Laute

Thomas Rohse

Gyeol Han

Sven Weichert

There is provided an apparatus () for implementing a clinical protocol. The apparatus () comprises one or more processors () configured to detect that a clinical protocol is to be implemented and identify which of a plurality of devices are required to implement the clinical protocol and one or more actions to perform in connection with the identified ones of the devices to implement the clinical protocol. The one or more processors () are configured to control a user interface () to output one or more notifications on the manner in which a user is to interact with one or more of the identified ones of the devices and/or control one or more of the identified ones of the devices to cause the one or more identified actions to be performed in connection with the identified ones of the devices to implement the clinical protocol.

Apparatus for implementing a clinical protocol

A positioning system () for positioning a patient () for diagnostic imaging is provided. The system comprises a sensor arrangement () with at least one sensor () configured to provide a sensor signal indicative of at least one body parameter of the patient (), a controller () configured to determine a value of the at least one body parameter based on the sensor signal of the at least one sensor (), and at least one actuatable support () configured to move at least one of an arm () and a leg () of the patient with respect to a torso of the patient. Therein, the controller () is configured to actuate the at least one actuatable support () depending on the determined value of the at least one body parameter to move at least one of the arm and the leg relative to the torso of the patient, such that the patient is guided to a posture for diagnostic imaging.

Patient positioning in diagnostic imaging

Growing community of inventors

Tilburg, Netherlands

Rik August Runge