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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Beijing Neusoft Medical Equipment Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Ling Pang, Shenyang, CN;
Shanshan Lou, Shenyang, CN;
Assignee:
BEIJING NEUSOFT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Beijing, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/027 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/545 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of selecting a slice configuration of a medical imaging apparatus is provided. The method includes: picking out two or more candidate slice configurations from available slice configurations of the medical imaging apparatus; determining a scan dose corresponding to each of the two or more candidate slice configurations; and selecting a candidate slice configuration corresponding to a minimum scan dose as a target slice configuration, where the target slice configuration is used for a current scan protocol.