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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Vivek Kumar Singh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Yao-jen Chang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Birgi Tamersoy, Erlangen, DE;
Kai Ma, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Susanne Oepping, Erlangen, DE;
Ralf Nanke, Neunkirchen am Brand, DE;
Terrence Chen, Princeton, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A system includes: a movable X-ray tube scanner; a range sensor movable with the X-ray tube scanner; an X-ray detector positioned to detect X-rays from the X-ray tube passing through a standing subject between the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector; and a processor configured for automatically controlling the X-ray tube scanner to transmit X-rays to a region of interest of the patient while the subject is standing between the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector.