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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
John Eric Tkaczyk, Delanson, NY (US);
Hao Lai, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/0457 (2013.01); A61B 6/08 (2013.01); A61B 6/4405 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20092 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present approach relates to the use of a spatially registered detector docking compartment to determine source and detector alignment in a patient imaging context. In certain implementations, sensors and/or cameras provide visual data that may be analyzed to determine a spatial relation between an X-ray source and landmarks provided on a patient support surface, where the landmarks have a known spatial relationship to a detector positioned beneath the patient support surface.