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Medical image acquisition apparatus and operating method therefor

US8848997B2 · 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	Jul 7, 2009
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a medical image acquisition, and operating method, before acquiring a current planning image data set from a subject, a statistical atlas is generated from multiple planning image data sets using a specific measurement protocol, as a statistical compilation including an average image data set electronically associated with association information that identifies different anatomical entities represented by the statistical compilation. After the current planning image data set is acquired, the stored average image data set is transformed into the current planning image data set, with the association information being accurately associated with the current planning image data set. A diagnostic image acquisition of the subject is then controlled using the association information that is now associated with the current planning image data set.

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