Collision-free X-ray tube movement

US11980487B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthineers AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas DEINLEIN · Bayreuth, DE
• Matthias Mueller · Harsefeld, DE
• Rolf Schmidt · Waldbronn, DE
• Thomas Dippl · Pressath, DE
• Franz Dirauf · Ebensfeld, DE
• Thorsten GECKS · Bayreuth, DE
• Claus-Guenter Schliermann · Kemnath, DE
• Franz Fuetterer · Rotzendorf, DE
• Thomas Pfeiffer · Kumhausen, DE
• Alexander Beer · Kulmbach, DE
• Dieter Heinl · Erbendorf, DE
• Wolfgang Neuber · Pressath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 20, 2021
• Grant date: May 14, 2024
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/10116
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A stand is for a medical imaging system. In an embodiment, the stand includes an X-ray tube; a driver to adjust the X-ray tube in at least three spatial degrees of freedom; at least one environmental sensor to acquire at least one environmental parameter; and a controller to control an adjustment movement of the X-ray tube by generating control signals for the drive unit and to adapt the adjustment movement based on the at least one environmental parameter.