Methods and systems for automatic body-contouring imaging
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorYaron Hefetz
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Abstract
Methods and systems for imaging a subject using an imaging system are provided. The method includes rotating a first detector and a second detector about a subject and determining a distance of the first detector and the second detector from the subject. The method further includes automatically adjusting the position of at least one of the first detector and the second detector to within a predetermined distance range if the determined distance of one of the first and second detectors is not within the predetermined distance range.
Claims20
A method of imaging a patient using an imaging system, said method comprising:
- rotating a first detector and a second detector about a subject;
- determining a distance of the first detector and the second detector from the subject;
- and
- automatically adjusting the position of at least one of the first detector and the second detector to within a predetermined distance range if the determined distance of one of the first and second detectors is not within the predetermined distance range.
A method of moving detectors of an imaging system, said method comprising:
- moving a first detector of a pair of detectors configured in an L-mode configuration in a first radial direction;
- and
- moving a second detector of the pair of detectors configured in an L-mode configuration in a second radial direction, the first and second radial directions defining a shift motion for the pair of detectors.
An imaging system comprising:
- a gantry with a bore therethrough;
- a rotor rotatably coupled to said gantry, said rotor configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis of said bore;
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- a pair of detectors in an L-mode configuration rotated by said rotor and configured to move in a shift motion relative to said gantry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.