Determining a value of a recording parameter by use of an anatomic landmark

US9811902B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Flohr · Uehlfeld, DE
• Michael Scheuering · Koblenzer Straße, DE
• Bernhard Schmidt · Neunkirchen, DE
• Martin Sedlmair · Zirndorf, DE
• Grzegorz Soza · Heroldsberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 10, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/10081
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and an imaging system are disclosed. The method, for determining at least one value of at least one recording parameter for a recording of an X-ray image of a patient positioned on an examination table, uses contactless scanning of at least part of the surface of the patient via at least one electromagnetic sensor, to calculate the three-dimensional contour of the scanned surface without additional exposure to radiation. At least one anatomic landmark of the patient can be identified using the three-dimensional contour, and the position of the anatomic landmark is determinable in the coordinate system of the table. The value of the recording parameter is determinable using the position of the anatomic landmark. The value of the recording parameter is determinable quickly and easily since contactless scanning of surfaces can be achieved quickly and easily in terms of technology.