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Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Siemens Shanghai Medical Equipment Ltd., Shanghai, CN;

Inventors:

Kai Chen, Shanghai, CN;

Jing Lu, Shanghai, CN;

Yi Tian, Shanghai, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for vertically positioning an examinee may include obtaining a position of an examination table after placement of an examinee is completed; determining a measurement range that is corresponding to a to-be-examined organ and that is on the examination table; during movement of the examination table toward a scanner gantry, causing the sensor to start to measure a distance to the examinee and obtaining a height of the examination table while the sensor performs measurement; calculating an organ center height (e.g., average height) based on a measurement result of the sensor, the height of the sensor, and the height of the examination table; and adjusting the height of the examination table based on the organ center height, so that the adjusted organ center height is equal to the isocenter height of the scanner gantry to minimize a radiation dose and improve CT imaging quality.


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