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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Birgi Tamersoy, Erlangen, DE;
Vivek Kumar Singh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Yao-jen Chang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Susanne Dornberger, Erlangen, DE;
Ralf Nanke, Neunkirchen am Brand, DE;
Terrence Chen, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/587 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/4458 (2013.01); A61B 6/4464 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a system for automatically aligning a positionable X-ray source of an X-ray system in alignment with a mobile X-ray detector is disclosed where the X-ray system detects the position of the mobile X-ray detector using a 3D camera and then driving the positionable X-ray source to a position in alignment with the mobile X-ray detector.