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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2009
Method for controlling an image data acquisition and/or evaluation procedure in medical examinations
Applicants:
Matthias Fenchel, Erlangen, DE;
Andreas Schilling, Gomaringen, DE;
Stefan Thesen, Dormitz, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method to control the acquisition and/or evaluation procedure of image data in medical examinations, in a previously acquired planning image data set entirely or partially covering a target volume, spatial information of the target volume is determined automatically using a statistical model of the target volume based on data about real anatomy. The acquisition and/or evaluation operation is controlled using the spatial information. A statistical model of at least one greyscale value distribution in the region of the surface of the target volume is used to calculate the location information.