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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Zhuokai Zhao, Baltimore, MD (US);
Yao-jen Chang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ruhan Sa, Amherst, NY (US);
Kai Ma, Princeton, NJ (US);
Jianping Wang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Vivek Kumar Singh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Terrence Chen, Princeton, NJ (US);
Andreas Wimmer, Forchheim, DE;
Birgi Tamersoy, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A method of obtaining a medical image includes obtaining, via a camera, at least one surface image of a patient. A pose of the patient is determined from the at least one surface image of the patient using at least one spatial information module. The patient is positioned, via a moveable bed, to an imaging start position and a medical image of the patient is obtained using a medical imaging modality.