Method for computing a CT scanner protocol
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorsStefan Kaepplinger, Robert Lapp, Rainer Raupach
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Abstract
A method and a system are disclosed for image acquisition, in which the protocol for controlling the CT scanner is computed automatically. The system includes a facility, which includes at least one CT scanner; a central PACS system in which image data and assigned metadata are stored as image data information, acquired with the facility; and an analysis unit, in terms of programming technology and/or circuit technology, for analyzing the captured image data information to automatically compute therefrom, the specific operating conditions and the facility-specific protocol parameters for the CT scanner protocol.
Claims25
A method for computing a CT scanner protocol for a CT scanner, operable in a facility under operating conditions specific to the facility, the method comprising:
- capturing image data information from images acquired in the facility;
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- computing, from the image data information captured, the operating conditions specific to the facility;
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- computing, from the image data information captured and the operating conditions computed, facility-specific protocol parameters for the CT scanner protocol, wherein the computing of the operating conditions and the computing of the facility-specific protocol parameters are implemented, by processing circuitry of the CT scanner, to compute the CT scanner protocol of the CT scanner.
A protocol generator for computing a CT scanner protocol for a CT scanner, operable in a facility under operating conditions specific to the facility, comprising:
- an input interface to capture image data information from images acquired in the facility;
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- at least one processor to execute computer-readable instructions to compute, from the image data information captured, the operating conditions specific to the facility and to compute, from the image data information captured and the operating conditions computed, facility-specific protocol parameters for the CT scanner protocol, wherein the at least one processor is a component of the CT scanner and is configured to compute the CT scanner protocol of the CT scanner.
A system for image acquisition, comprising:
- a facility, including at least one CT scanner;
- a central archive, to store image data and metadata assigned to the image data, acquired within the facility;
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- processing circuitry, for each of the at least one CT scanner, to configured to execute computer-readable instructions to compute, from the image data and metadata assigned to the image data, operating conditions specific to the facility and to compute, from the image data and metadata assigned to the image data and from the operating conditions computed, facility-specific protocol parameters for a protocol of the at least one CT scanner, wherein the processing circuitry is a component of the at least one CT scanner and is configured to compute the protocol of the at least one CT scanner.
A protocol generator for computing a CT scanner protocol for a CT scanner, operable in a facility under operating conditions specific to the facility, comprising:
- an input interface to capture image data information from images acquired in the facility;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to execute computer-readable instructions to compute, from the image data information captured, the operating conditions specific to the facility and to compute, from the image data information captured and the operating conditions computed, facility-specific protocol parameters for the CT scanner protocol, wherein the processing circuitry is a component of the CT scanner and is configured to compute the CT scanner protocol of the CT scanner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.