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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Forthmann, Eindhoven, NL;
Sascha Krueger, Eindhoven, NL;
Tim Nielsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Jurgen Erwin Rahmer, Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Vernickel, Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Boernert, Eindhoven, NL;
Ulrich Katscher, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system and method determines an isocenter for an imaging scan. The method includes receiving, by a control panel, patient data generated by at least one sensor, the patient data corresponding to dimensions of a body of a patient. The method includes generating, by the control panel, model data as a function of the patient data, the model data representing the body of the patient. The method includes receiving, by the control panel, a target location on the model data, the target location corresponding to a desired position on the body of the patient for performing the imaging scan. The method includes determining, by the control panel, an isocenter for the imaging scan as a function of the target location.