Method for operating an x-ray system
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsMahmoud AMR, Tobias SCHOEN
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Abstract
A method for operating an X-ray system having the steps of “manually setting the first and a second position for the manipulator on a trajectory by means of a virtual input unit”, “recording or simulating recording from the first and second positions” and “representing the two X-ray recordings”.
Claims24
A method for operating an X-ray system comprising at least a manipulator, an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, the manipulator being able to move the X-ray source, the X-ray detector or an object, comprising:
- manually setting a first position for the manipulator on a trajectory by means of a virtual input unit;
- simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the first position in order to acquire a first X-ray projection;
- representing the first X-ray projection or information derived from the first X-ray projection;
- manually setting a second position on the trajectory by means of the virtual input unit based on the representation of the first X-ray projection or information derived from the first X-ray projection;
- simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the second position in order to acquire a second X-ray projection;
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- storing the at least first and second positions of the trajectory so as to be able to move to the first and second positions at a later point in time or in the measurement to be performed,
- representing the second X-ray projection or information derived from the second X-ray projection.
A method for operating an X-ray system comprising at least a manipulator, an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, the manipulator being able to move the X-ray source, the X-ray detector or an object, comprising:
- manually setting a first position for the manipulator on a trajectory by means of a virtual input unit;
- recording or simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the first position in order to acquire a first X-ray projection;
- representing the first X-ray projection or information derived from the first X-ray projection;
- manually setting a second position on the trajectory by means of the virtual input unit based on the representation of the first X-ray projection or information derived from the first X-ray projection;
- recording or simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the second position in order to acquire a second X-ray projection;
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- representing the second X-ray projection or information derived from the second X-ray projection;
- wherein the virtual input unit comprises an augmented reality input unit, at least one sensor glove and/or at least one pointer for marking a position in 3D space.
A method for operating an X-ray system comprising at least a manipulator, an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, the manipulator being able to move the X-ray source, the X-ray detector or an object, comprising:
- manually setting a first position for the manipulator on a trajectory by means of a virtual input unit;
- recording or simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the first position in order to acquire a first X-ray projection;
- representing the first X-ray projection or information derived from the first X-ray projection;
- manually setting a second position on the trajectory by means of the virtual input unit based on the representation of the first X-ray projection or information derived from the first X-ray projection;
- recording or simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the second position in order to acquire a second X-ray projection;
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- representing the second X-ray projection or information derived from the second X-ray projection;
- wherein the X-ray system is a CT system and the method comprises starting reconstructing the CT data set based on the first and second X-ray projections in order to acquire a partial CT data set;
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- wherein representing the first and second X-ray projections or the information derived from the first and second X-ray projections comprises representing the partial CT data set or information describing the partial CT data set;
- wherein the method comprises manually setting a further position for the X-ray system by means of the virtual input unit and recording or simulating recording of the objection by means of the X-ray system from the further position in order to acquire a further projection;
- wherein the steps are repeated until the X-ray recording or the partial CT data set corresponds to a predetermined quality and/or resolution.
A non-transitory digital storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for performing a method for operating an X-ray system comprising at least a manipulator, an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, the manipulator being able to move the X-ray source, the X-ray detector or an object, comprising:
- manually setting a first position for the manipulator on a trajectory by means of a virtual input unit;
- simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the first position in order to acquire a first X-ray projection;
- representing the first X-ray projection or information derived from the first X-ray projection;
- manually setting a second position on the trajectory by means of the virtual input unit based on the representation of the first X-ray projection or information derived from the first X-ray projection;
- simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the second position in order to acquire a second X-ray projection;
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- storing the at least first and second positions of the trajectory so as to be able to move to the first and second positions at a later point in time or in the measurement to be performed,
- representing the second X-ray projection or information derived from the second X-ray projection,
- when said computer program is run by a computer.
An apparatus for operating an X-ray system comprising at least a manipulator, an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, comprising:
- a virtual input unit for setting a first and/or a second position for the X-ray system on a trajectory;
- a unit for simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the first position and from the second position;
- a memory for storing the at least first and second positions of the trajectory in order to be able to move to the first and second positions at a later point in time or in the measurement to be performed;
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- an output unit for representing the partial X-ray recording or information describing the partial X-ray recording.
An apparatus for operating an X-ray system comprising at least a manipulator, an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, comprising:
- a virtual input unit for setting a first and/or a second position for the X-ray system on a trajectory;
- a unit for recording and/or simulating recording of the object by means of the X-ray system from the first position and from the second position;
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- an output unit for representing the partial X-ray recording or information describing the partial X-ray recording;
- wherein the virtual input unit comprises an augmented reality input unit, at least one sensor glove and/or at least one pointer for marking a position in 3D space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.