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US 2021/0228175 A1Published application
Patient bed tracking for medical imaging system
AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
InventorsStefan B. Siegel, Ziad Burbar, Inki Hong
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Abstract
Provided is a medical imaging scanner system such as a PET scanner system having a patient bed pallet that is provided with at least one multi-axis motion sensor for monitoring the movement of the patient bed pallet and detecting any deviation in the orientation of the patient bed pallet from a predetermined desired orientation during the movement.
Claims12
A medical image scanner comprising:
- a detector ring having a patient tunnel;
- a patient bed pallet that is configured to move in a path within the patient tunnel;
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- at least one multi-axis motion sensor provided on the patient bed pallet, wherein the multi-axis motion sensor monitors the movement of the patient bed pallet when the patient bed pellet is moving in the path within the patient tunnel and detects any deviation in the patient bed pallet's orientation from a predetermined desired orientation at any selected location along the path.
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A patient bed pallet for a medical image scanner system comprising:
- at least one multi-axis motion sensor provided on the patient bed pallet,
- wherein the patient bed pallet is configured to move in a predetermined path,
- wherein the multi-axis motion sensor monitors the movement of the patient bed pallet when the patient bed pellet is moving in the predetermined path and detects any deviation in the patient bed pallet's orientation from a predetermined desired orientation at any selected location along the predetermined path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.