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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Thomas Benner, Erlangen, DE;
Swen Campagna, Engelthal, DE;
Thorsten Feiweier, Poxdorf, DE;
Bernd Kuehn, Uttenreuth, DE;
Thorsten Speckner, Erlangen, DE;
Peter Speier, Erlangen, DE;
Daniel Nico Splitthoff, Erlangen, DE;
Michael Wullenweber, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a method for operating a medical imaging examination apparatus having multiple subsystems, current ambient conditions in a scan volume of the apparatus are determined and stored in a global ambient condition parameter set. A control computer starts a scan sequence according to a selected scan protocol, and sequence control data that define different functional sub-sequences for the respective subsystems are provided to the control computer. Different effective volumes are assigned to each functional sub-sequence, and respective current sub-regions in the effective volume associated with the respective sub-sequence are determined, in which a volume optimization is to take place. Control signals for the scan sequence are calculated using the sequence control data, the global ambient condition parameter set, and the determined current sub-regions of the affected volumes, in order to optimize the functional sub-sequences at least with regard to the current sub-region of the assigned effective volume.