Method and device for dynamic effects correction in medical imaging

US10275875B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Himanshu Bhat · Newton, US
• Thorsten Feiweier · Peising, DE
• Tobias Kober · Lausanne, CH
• Carsten Prinz · Baiersdorf, DE
• Daniel Nico Splitthoff · Uttenreuth, DE
• Stephan Stoecker · Baiersdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 26, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/10088
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for automatically and dynamically optimizing image acquisition parameters/commands of an imaging procedure performed by a medical imaging apparatus in order to mitigate or cancel dynamic effects perturbing the image acquisition process of an object to be imaged by the medical imaging apparatus. The method includes connecting a dynamic correction module (DCM) to the medical imaging apparatus, automatically acquiring by the DCM image acquisition parameters/commands and data about dynamic changes or effects, and automatically determining in real time, by the DCM, at least one new image acquisition parameter/command from the image acquisition parameters/commands defined in the imaging control system and the dynamic change data, while the image acquisition parameter/command defined in the imaging control system remains unchanged. The method further includes automatically providing, by the DCM, the new image acquisition parameter/command to the hardware control system.