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Method for controlling the acquisition and/or evaluation operation of image data in medical examinations

US7899227B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Matthias Fenchel · Erlangen, DE
Andreas Schilling · Hagendorn, CH
Stefan Thesen · Dormitz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2007
Grant date	Mar 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V2201/031
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method for controlling the acquisition and/or evaluation operation of image data in medical examinations, using a statistical model of the target volume based on data about real anatomy, spatial information (in particular position, orientation and shape) of the target volume are automatically determined in a previously-acquired planning image data set wholly or partially showing a target volume, and the acquisition and/or evaluation operation is controlled using the spatial information.

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