System and method for determining radiation parameters
AssigneeData Integrity Advisors, LLC
InventorJanid Patricia Blanco Kiely
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Abstract
A method includes positioning a patient at a first orientation relative to a radiation source. The method further includes using a 3D imaging technique to measure one or more positions of the patient's chest. The method further includes, while using the 3D imaging technique to measure the one or more positions of the patient's chest: generating a model of the patient's chest using the one or more positions of the patient's chest; updating the model of the patient's chest as the patient breathes; and exposing the patient to a dose of radiation using the radiation source, wherein the dose is based on the model of the patient's chest.
Claims28
A method of x-ray imaging, comprising:
- positioning a patient at a first orientation relative to an x-ray imaging source;
- using a 3D imaging technique, distinct from x-ray imaging, to measure one or more positions of the patient's chest;
- while using the 3D imaging technique to measure the one or more positions of the patient's chest:
- generating a model of the patient's chest using the one or more positions of the patient's chest;
- updating the model of the patient's chest as the patient breathes;
- and
- obtaining an x-ray image of the patient's chest, including exposing the patient to a dose of radiation using the x-ray imaging source that is calculated using the model of the patient's chest.
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a set of operations, including:
- positioning a patient at a first orientation relative to an x-ray imaging source;
- using a 3D imaging technique, distinct from x-ray imaging, to measure one or more positions of the patient's chest;
- while using the 3D imaging technique to measure the one or more positions of the patient's chest:
- generating a model of the patient's chest using the one or more positions of the patient's chest;
- updating the model of the patient's chest as the patient breathes;
- and
- obtaining an x-ray image of the patient's chest, including exposing the patient to a dose of radiation using the x-ray imaging source that is calculated using the model of the patient's chest.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed by a system that includes one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a set of operations, including:
- positioning a patient at a first orientation relative to an x-ray imaging source;
- using a 3D imaging technique, distinct from x-ray imaging, to measure one or more positions of the patient's chest;
- while using the 3D imaging technique to measure the one or more positions of the patient's chest:
- generating a model of the patient's chest using the one or more positions of the patient's chest;
- updating the model of the patient's chest as the patient breathes;
- and
- obtaining an x-ray image of the patient's chest, including exposing the patient to a dose of radiation using the x-ray imaging source that is calculated using the model of the patient's chest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.