Scan plan field of view adjustor, determiner, and/or quality assessor
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsTorbjorn Vik, Jorg Bredno, Rafael Wiemker, Mark E. Olszewski
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Abstract
A method includes using a pre-scan image to define a scan field of view for a region of interest of a patient to be scanned for at least one image acquisition of a series of image acquisitions of a scan plan, performing an image acquisition of the series based on a corresponding scan field of view for the image acquisition, and determining, via a processor (120), a next field of view for a next image acquisition of the series based on available image related data.
Claims27
A method, comprising:
- using a pre-scan image to define a scan field of view for a region of interest of a patient to be scanned for at least one image acquisition of a series of image acquisitions of a scan plan;
- performing an image acquisition of the series based on a corresponding scan field of view for the image acquisition;
- and
- determining, via a processor, a next field of view for a next image acquisition of the series based on available image related data.
A scan planning apparatus, comprising:
- a field of view generator that defines a scan field of view for a region of interest of a patient for at least one image acquisition of a series of image acquisitions of a scan plan based on a pre-scan image;
- and
- a field of view processor that determines a next field of view for a next image acquisition of the series based on available image related data.
A computer readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the acts of:
- using a pre-scan image to define a scan field of view for a region of interest of a patient for at least one image acquisition of a series of image acquisitions of a scan plan;
- performing an image acquisition of the series based on the first scan field of view;
- and
- determining a next field of view for a next image acquisition of the series based on available image related data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.