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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;

Inventors:

Jumana Jaber, Erlangen, DE;

Carsten Thierfelder, Pinzberg, DE;

Andreas Wimmer, Forchheim, DE;

Assignee:

Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method is for operating a medical imaging system. The imaging system includes an imaging unit and a positioning apparatus for positioning an examination object. In an embodiment, the method includes ascertainment of object information relating to the examination object; determination of a region of interest for the examination object, the region of interest being defined as a region of the examination object to be examined by the imaging unit in the context of an examination to be performed; arrival at a determination concerning a positional state of the examination object relative to the positioning apparatus and, to be precise, based on the region of interest and the object information; and provision of user output for a user of the imaging system based on the determination.


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