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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Clemens Joerger, Forchheim, DE;
Ralf Nanke, Neunkirchen am Brand, DE;
Susanne Oepping, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A method for positioning a body region of a patient for a radiography acquisition by a radiography system includes providing an examination requirement for the body region, pre-positioning the body region in the radiography system for the radiography acquisition, pre-positioning an acquisition unit of the radiography system for the radiography acquisition, producing a three-dimensional positioning acquisition of the body region using a 3D camera system, and producing a preview image from the three-dimensional positioning acquisition. A patient model is generated from the three-dimensional positioning acquisition and the preview image is produced from the patient model, and the preview image depicts a representation as if made using the acquisition unit of the radiography system. The method further includes outputting at least one of the preview image and positioning information based on the preview image. Another embodiment may use an apparatus and computer readable medium to execute the method above.