Scan region determining apparatus

US9858667B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Julien Senegas · Hamburg, DE
• Axel Saalbach · Hamburg, DE
• Martin Bergtholdt · Hamburg, DE
• Thomas Netsch · Hamburg, DE
• Peter Mazurkewitz · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/10104
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes displaying an iconic image of the human body and a list of predetermined anatomical regions. The method further includes displaying, in response to a user selected anatomical region, a scan box over a sub-portion of the iconic image. The method further includes receiving an input indicative of at least one of a scan box location of interest or a scan box geometry of interest, with respect to the anatomical region, of the first user. The method further includes at least one of re-locating or changing a geometry of the first initial scan box, in response thereto, creating a first user defined scan box for the first user. The method further includes creating a first transformation between a first template image representative of the selected anatomical region and the iconic image with the first user defined scan box for the first user, and storing the first transformation.