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Method for controlling an image data acquisition and/or evaluation procedure in medical examinations

US8150122B2 · 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	Feb 6, 2009
Grant date	Apr 3, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V2201/031
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method to control the acquisition and/or evaluation procedure of image data in medical examinations, in a previously acquired planning image data set entirely or partially covering a target volume, spatial information of the target volume is determined automatically using a statistical model of the target volume based on data about real anatomy. The acquisition and/or evaluation operation is controlled using the spatial information. A statistical model of at least one greyscale value distribution in the region of the surface of the target volume is used to calculate the location information.

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