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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Mc Carthy, Paris, FR;
Yves Lucien Trousset, Palaiseau, FR;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/102 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/10 (2013.01); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/545 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for collision avoidance in cone-beam computed tomography (CT) systems. In one embodiment, a method for an imaging apparatus comprises calculating a likelihood of a collision between the imaging apparatus and a subject and/or its support based on a model of the subject, performing a scan of the subject responsive to the likelihood below a threshold, and not performing the scan otherwise. In this way, collisions between the patient and the imaging apparatus can be avoided.