Systems and methods for patient positioning for imaging acquisition
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsChelsey A Lewis, Michelle DeLong Samalik, Franco Rupcich
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Abstract
Systems and methods for self-positioning patients on a table of an imaging system are described herein. In some examples, the method includes detecting a patient on a table proximate to a system. The method can also include providing a position indicator to the patient using one or more lights of the system, a camera of the system, a removable sheet, a display device of the system, or a combination thereof, and providing a modified position indicator in response to input received by the system.
Claims20
A system for self-positioning a patient comprising:
- a processor to:
- detect a patient proximate to the system;
- detect an anatomical scan range of the patient for acquisition in a medical image;
- determine that a first patient position prevents acquisition of the medical image within the anatomical scan range;
- and
- generate a position indicator to provide to the patient, the position indicator representing a second patient position that allows the system to acquire the medical image within the anatomical scan range of the patient.
A method for self-positioning a patient comprising:
- detecting a patient on a table proximate to the system, wherein the system is an x-ray imaging system, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging system, a single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging system, or a combination thereof;
- detecting an anatomical scan range of the patient for acquisition in a medical image;
- determining that a first patient position prevents acquiring the medical image within the anatomical scan range;
- and
- generating a position indicator to provide to the patient, the position indicator representing a second patient position that allows the system to acquire the medical image within the anatomical scan range of the patient.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium for self-positioning a patient comprising a plurality of instructions that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to:
- detect a patient on a table proximate to a system;
- provide a position indicator to the patient using one or more lights of the system, a camera of the system, a removable sheet, a display device of the system, or a combination thereof;
- and
- provide a modified position indicator in response to input received by the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.