Visual pre-scan patient information for magnetic resonance protocol

US9753111B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Peter Forthmann · Latham, US
• Sascha Krueger · Eindhoven, NL
• Tim Nielsen · Hamburg, DE
• Jurgen Erwin Rahmer · Hamburg, DE
• Peter Vernickel · Hamburg, DE
• Peter Boernert · Hamburg, DE
• Ulrich Katscher · Norderstedt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 5, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 18, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30196
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method determines an isocenter for an imaging scan. The method includes receiving, by a control panel, patient data generated by at least one sensor, the patient data corresponding to dimensions of a body of a patient. The method includes generating, by the control panel, model data as a function of the patient data, the model data representing the body of the patient. The method includes receiving, by the control panel, a target location on the model data, the target location corresponding to a desired position on the body of the patient for performing the imaging scan. The method includes determining, by the control panel, an isocenter for the imaging scan as a function of the target location.