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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/582 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/545 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); G06F 19/321 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/563 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a system are disclosed for image acquisition, in which the protocol for controlling the CT scanner is computed automatically. The system includes a facility, which includes at least one CT scanner; a central PACS system in which image data and assigned metadata are stored as image data information, acquired with the facility; and an analysis unit, in terms of programming technology and/or circuit technology, for analyzing the captured image data information to automatically compute therefrom, the specific operating conditions and the facility-specific protocol parameters for the CT scanner protocol.