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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Eyal Shai, Karkur, IL;
Yaron Hefetz, Herzeliya, IL;
Deborah Ruth Zelnik, Haifa, IL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A medical imaging system for automatically positioning a structure of interest within a field of view (FOV) of an imaging detector comprises at least one imaging detector for detecting radiation. The imaging detector has a FOV and detects a first image while at a first system position with respect to a predetermined reference point. A structure detecting module detects a structure of interest within the first image and determines whether the structure of interest is within the FOV of the imaging detector. The structure detecting module determines a second system position with respect to the predetermined reference point at which the structure of interest will be positioned within the FOV of the imaging detector, and a controller moves the FOV of the imaging detector to the second system position.