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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mark Vincent Profio, Elm Grove, WI (US);
Adam Pautsch, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Darin Robert Okerlund, Muskego, WI (US);
Scott McOlash, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Vijay Subramanian, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/545 (2013.01); A61B 5/0555 (2013.01); A61B 5/704 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/0487 (2020.08); A61B 6/08 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for automatically adjusting a position of a table configured to be positioned in a bore of a medical imaging device. The table may be adjusted according to one or more of a table elevation, an anatomical reference, and a start scan location. The table elevation, anatomical reference, and start scan location may be obtained from a selected imaging protocol.