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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Albert Garcia I Tormo, Eindhoven, NL;
Rink Springer, Eindhoven, NL;
Ihor Olehovych Kirenko, Veldhoven, NL;
Julien Senegas, Hamburg, DE;
Holger Schmitt, Luetjensee, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention refers to an apparatus for monitoring a subject () during an imaging procedure, e.g. CT-imaging. The apparatus () comprises a monitoring image providing unit () providing a first monitoring image and a second monitoring image acquired at different support positions, a monitoring position providing unit () providing a first monitoring position of a region of interest in the first monitoring image, a support position providing unit () providing support position data of the support positions, a position map providing unit () providing a position map mapping calibration support positions to calibration monitoring positions, and a region of interest position determination unit () determining a position of the region of interest in the second monitoring image based on the first monitoring position, the support position data, and the position map. This allows to determine the position of the region of interest accurately and with low computational effort.