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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Suguru Yokosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yo Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Bito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihisa Soutome, Tokyo, JP;
Suguru Yokosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yo Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Bito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihisa Soutome, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A technique in a medical imaging apparatus being capable of setting any plane in three-dimensional space as an imaging slice is provided, allowing an automatically-set imaging slice to be configured to suit user's preferences, and determine a position of the imaging slice being configured, with respect to an imaging target subject automatically with a high degree of accuracy. Reference information for specifying the imaging slice, set by the user for each imaging site, is associated with the anatomical feature of the imaging site, so as to generate an imaging slice parameter. Upon actual imaging, the imaging slice parameter and the anatomical feature of the imaging target subject obtained by scout imaging are used to determine the imaging slice position of the imaging target subject.