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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Gereon Vogtmeier, Aachen, DE;
Jens Von Berg, Hamburg, DE;
Ravindra Bhat, Eindhoven, NL;
Roger Steadman Booker, Aachen, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device () for determining positioning data for an X-ray image acquisition device () on a mobile patient support unit (), the device comprising: a processing unit (); and a status detector (); wherein the status detector () is configured to acquire geometry data and type data of a mobile patient support unit () and of an X-ray image acquisition device () on the mobile patient support unit (), and to transmit a status signal comprising the geometry data and the type data; wherein the processing unit () is configured to receive the status signal and data about region of interest position on the patient; and wherein, based on the status signal and the region of interest position, the processing unit () is configured to determine positioning and alignment data for an X-ray image acquisition device () on the mobile patient support unit (), and to provide an image acquisition protocol for the X-ray image acquisition device (). The device () may provide an X-ray image acquisition system having a simple and easy to operate construction.