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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Yao-Jen Chang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Vivek Kumar Singh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Kai Ma, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Ralf Nanke, Baerenbruennlein, DE;
Susanne Dornberger, Erlangen, DE;
Terrence Chen, Princeton, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for X-ray tube scanner automation using a 3D camera is disclosed. An RGBD image of a patient on a patient table is received from a 3D camera mounted on an X-ray tube. A transformation between a coordinate system of the 3D camera and a coordinate system of the patient table is calculated. A patient model is estimated from the RGBD image of the patient. The X-ray tube is automatically controlled to acquire an X-ray image of a region of interest of the patient based on the patient model.