Positioning of an examination object in relation to an x-ray device

US11771384B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Mario Bechtold · Hemhofen, DE
• Daniela Bolte · Borchen, DE
• Anja Brundobler · Fairview Avenue, DE
• Helmut Gollwitzer · Erbendorf, DE
• Anna Jerebko · Eschborn, DE
• Wolfgang Neuber · Pressath, DE
• Marcus Radicke · Veitsbronn, DE
• Karin Ratzmer · Jahrsdorf, DE
• Juliane Ritter · Erlangen, DE
• Ann-Christin Roessler · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30096
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and a method are respectively for positioning an examination object and evaluation of an image with respect to a positioning of a breast of an examination object in relation to an x-ray device. In an embodiment, the system includes an x-ray device including at least one compression device to fix a breast of the examination object; at least one camera, arranged in relation to the x-ray device such that images are acquirable via the at least one camera, the images showing a current positioning of the breast of the examination object in relation to the x-ray device; and at least one display device, embodied to display the images.