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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Bernhard Geiger, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Atilla Peter Kiraly, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06K 9/00201 (2013.01); G06K 9/00369 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 9/6256 (2013.01); G06K 2209/05 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
For patient positioning for scanning, a current pose of a patient is compared to a desired pose. The desired pose may be based on a protocol or a pose of the same patient in a previous examination. Any differences in pose, such as arm position, leg position, head orientation, and/or torso orientation (e.g., laying on side, back, or stomach), are communicated. By changing the current pose of the patient to be more similar to the desired pose, a more consistent and/or registerable dataset may be acquired by scanning the patient.