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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2022
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jens Von Berg, Hamburg, DE;
Heiner Matthias Brueck, Poinneberg, DE;
Sven Kroenke-Hille, Hamburg, DE;
Daniel Bystrov, Hamburg, DE;
Andre Goossen, Eldena, DE;
Tim Philipp Harder, Ahrensburg, DE;
Stewart Matthew Young, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to patient positioning. In order to facilitate patient positioning, an apparatus is provided that comprises an input unit, a processing unit, and an output unit. The input unit is configured to receive an X-ray image of an anatomy of interest of a patient obtained from a first image acquisition and a target set of pose parameters describing a target position of the anatomy of interest for image acquisition. The processing unit is configured to detect the anatomy of interest in the X-ray image, to determine a set of pose parameters describing a current position of the detected anatomy of interest in the first image acquisition, to determine a difference between the determined set of pose parameters and the target set of pose parameters, and to construct a trajectory that defines a sequence of sets of pose parameters for bringing the anatomy of interest from the current position to the target position, if the difference is equal to or greater than a pre-defined threshold. The processing unit is further configured to generate a series of X-ray images according to the received X-ray image and the sequence of sets of pose parameters in the trajectory to synthesize a virtual fluoroscopic image sequence of frames representing an animated radio graphic imaging during re-positioning of the patient. The output unit is configured to provide the synthetic Virtual fluoroscopic image sequence for positioning guidance for a second image acquisition.