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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Michael Wullenweber, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); G01R 33/30 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/7485 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/0555 (2013.01); A61B 5/1072 (2013.01); G01R 33/307 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and imaging device for ascertaining an absolute scan region on a patient, who is positioned on an examination table, for a subsequent medical imaging examination by operation of the medical imaging device, the height of the patient is ascertained, a relative examination region is ascertained, and the absolute scan region of the patient for the subsequent medical imaging examination is determined in a processor using the patient height and the relative examination region.