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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Peter Gall, Uttenreuth, DE;
Andreas Greiser, Erlangen, DE;
Dominik Paul, Bubenreuth, DE;
Daniel Nico Splitthoff, Erlangen, DE;
Jens Thoene, Lauf an der Pegnitz, DE;
Felix Wolf, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A medical imaging apparatus has a data acquisition scanner having a patient receiving zone at least partially enclosed by the scanner, and at least one acquisition unit equipped with a camera to acquire positional data. The at least one acquisition unit has a first imaging optics system and at least one second imaging optics system that differs from the first imaging optics system with regard to at least one optical property or attribute that affects the acquisition of the positional data.