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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Mark Draelos, Durham, NC (US);
Joseph Izatt, Durham, NC (US);
Anthony Kuo, Durham, NC (US);
Pablo Ortiz, Durham, NC (US);
Ryan McNabb, Durham, NC (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for imaging a target feature of a subject based on the tracked positions of the subject and the target feature are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system includes a scanner configured to image a target feature of a subject. The system includes a mechanism configured to move the scanner. Further, the system includes a subject tracker configured to track positioning of the subject. The system includes a feature tracker configured to track positioning of the target feature. A controller is configured to control the mechanism to move the feature tracker to a position such that the feature tracker is operable to track a position of the target feature. The controller controls the mechanism to move the scanner to a position such that the scanner is operable to image the target feature based on the tracked position of the target feature by the feature tracker.