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System and method for assisted patient positioning

US10783655B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Zhuokai Zhao · Baltimore, US
Yao-Jen Chang
Ruhan Sa · Monmouth Junction, US
Kai Ma · Plainsboro, US
Jianping Wang · Västerås, SE
Vivek Singh · Monmouth Junction, US
Terrence Chen · Princeton, US
Andreas Wimmer · Graz, AT
Birgi Tamersoy · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 27, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2210/41
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of obtaining a medical image includes obtaining, via a camera, at least one surface image of a patient. A pose of the patient is determined from the at least one surface image of the patient using at least one spatial information module. The patient is positioned, via a moveable bed, to an imaging start position and a medical image of the patient is obtained using a medical imaging modality.

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