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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Eli Stern, Givataim, IL;
Deborah Ruth Zelnik, Tirat Hacarmel, IL;
Ruth Katz, Binyamina, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/0457 (2013.01); A61B 6/58 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for patient alignment for nuclear medicine imaging are provided. One method includes activating a proximity sensor system associated with imaging detectors of the diagnostic imaging system, wherein the imaging detectors are in an L-mode configuration. The method also includes initiating movement of a patient table of the diagnostic imaging system and using a sensed proximity of a patient on the moving patient table by the proximity sensor system to automatically adjust a height of the patient table on which the patient is supported to a patient table height scanning position.