Systems, devices, and methods for detecting false movements for motion correction during a medical imaging scan

US9943247B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII · US
• The Queen's Medical Center · US

Inventors

• Thomas Michael Ernst · Gundelfingen, DE
• Brian Keating · Chicago, US
• Aditya Singh · Bolingbrook, US
• Maxim Zaitsev · Glückstadt, DE
• Michael Herbst · Excelsior, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H50/70
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The systems, methods, and devices described herein generally relate to achieving accurate and robust motion correction by detecting and accounting for false movements in motion correction systems used in conjunction with medical imaging and/or therapeutic systems. In other words, in some embodiments of the systems, methods, and devices described herein can be configured to detect false movements for motion correction during a medical imaging scan and/or therapeutic procedure, and thereby ensure that such false movements are not accounted for in the motion correction process. Upon detection of false movements, the imaging or therapeutic system can be configured to transiently suppress and/or subsequently repeat acquisitions.