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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for a CT scan of a body part, wherein a marker is positioned on the body part. The method comprises: positioning a marker on the body part; performing a scout scan of the area which contains the body part, to acquire a scout image; detecting the marker in the scout image to acquire position information of the marker; and using the position information to navigate the CT scan.