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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an imaging system () for a vertebral level, an identification method for a vertebral level, a computer program element for controlling such system and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The imaging system () comprises a determination unit (), a definition unit (), an imaging unit (), and a processing unit (). The determination unit () determines a target vertebral level. The definition unit () defines an anatomical landmark of a spine. The imaging unit () provides a series of X-ray images along the spine based on the landmark. The processing unit () identifies the target vertebral level in at least one of the X-ray images. The processing unit () further stitches the X-ray images to a continuous panoramic image of the spine and identifies the target vertebral level in the panoramic image.