Methods and systems for computed tomography
US10368825B2 · kind B2 · utility
4Cited by
0References
20Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/467
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for automatic exposure control in computed tomography imaging systems. In one embodiment, a method comprises in response to an object-specific dose metric input by a user via a user interface operably coupled to a scanner, predicting an image quality of a diagnostic scan, calculating an output level of a source of the scanner for the image quality, and performing the diagnostic scan at the output level when the image quality is higher than a threshold. In this way, patient-specific image quality settings may be determined.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.