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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Philipp Bernhardt, Forchheim, DE;
Stefan Böhm, Oberasbach, DE;
Richard Obler, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method to optimally set a position of a form filter in an x-ray image recording apparatus is proposed. The x-ray image recording apparatus has an x-ray radiation source and an x-ray radiation detector. An x-ray image is firstly recorded in a first position of the form filter. A new position of the filter is then calculated and automatically set with the aid of the x-ray image. A new x-ray image is then recorded. With a minimal dose of a patient, the method enables low contrast images to be recorded for a minimal main dose of the patient, in particular in a sequence.