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System and method with automatically optimized imaging

US7725163B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Georg Schmitz · Meckenheim, DE
Henning Braess · Uttenreuth, DE
Harald Reiter · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2002
Grant date	May 25, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 7, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B8/0883
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image system, notably an X-ray system and an ultrasound system, is provided in which images or sequences of images are generated and used to automatically change or optimize the operational behavior of individual image system components. Measurement fields are defined in the images of an image sequence by means of a data processing unit. Information is extracted from the measurement fields in order to adapt the system components. More specifically, in the course of a sequence of images the measurement fields are adapted or shifted in conformity with the motion of objects.

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