# US 2025/0095147 A1 · Method and apparatus for determining orientation of subject during medical imaging and medical imaging system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0095147 A1 - Document ID: US20250095147A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/889,344 - Filed: 2024-09-18 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-20 - Assignees: GE Precision Healthcare LLC - Applicants: GE Precision Healthcare LLC - Inventors: Ting Ye; Xiaolan Liu; Qingyu Dai; Hao Yang; Jian Cui; Yuyang Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250095147A1 ## CPC - G06T 7/0012: {Biomedical image inspection} - A61B 2090/364: {Correlation of different images or relation of image positions in respect to the body} - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a subject during medical imaging, and a medical imaging system is provided. The method includes: acquiring an image sequence of a subject captured by a camera, the image sequence comprising a plurality of images based on a time sequence; determining, based on the image sequence, whether the state of the subject is abnormal; and in response to a determination result that the state of the subject is abnormal, determining the orientation of the subject by using a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein the first orientation is the orientation of the subject determined based on an image before a period when the state of the subject is determined to be abnormal, and the second orientation is the orientation of the subject determined based on an image after the period when the state of the subject is determined to be abnormal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for determining the orientation of a subject during medical imaging, the method being characterized by comprising: acquiring an image sequence of a subject captured by a camera, the image sequence comprising a plurality of images based on a time sequence; determining, based on the image sequence, whether the state of the subject is abnormal; and in response to a determination result that the state of the subject is abnormal, determining the orientation of the subject by using a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein the first orientation is the orientation of the subject determined based on an image before a period when the state of the subject is determined to be abnormal, and the second orientation is the orientation of the subject determined based on an image after the period when the state of the subject is determined to be abnormal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein determining whether the state of the subject is abnormal comprises: determining at least one of whether the subject is blocked and whether the subject is moving. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in response to a determination result that the subject is blocked, determining the orientation of the subject by using the first orientation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein determining the orientation of the subject by using the first orientation comprises: taking, as the orientation of the subject, the first orientation corresponding to a first predetermined image before the state of the subject is determined to be blocked; or performing processing on the first orientations respectively corresponding to at least two images before the state of the subject is determined to be blocked, and obtaining the orientation of the subject. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the processing comprises: performing processing of weighted summation or averaging on the first orientations respectively corresponding to the at least two images. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the processing comprises: processing of selecting the first orientation the number of occurrences of which is the greatest or selecting the first orientation the number of occurrences of which exceeds a threshold. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in response to a determination result that the subject is moving, the orientation of the subject is determined by using the second orientation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein determining the orientation of the subject by using the second orientation comprises: taking, as the orientation of the subject, the second orientation corresponding to a second predetermined image after the period when the state of the subject is determined to be moving; or performing processing on the second orientations respectively corresponding to at least two images after the period when the state of the subject is determined to be moving, and obtaining the orientation of the subject. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the processing comprises: performing processing of weighted summation or averaging on the second orientations respectively corresponding to the at least two images. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the processing comprises: processing of selecting the second orientation the number of occurrences of which is the greatest or selecting the second orientation the number of occurrences of which exceeds a threshold. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A medical imaging system, comprising a memory and a processor, the memory storing a computer program, and the processor being configured to execute the computer program so as to implement the method for determining the orientation of a subject during medical imaging according to claim 1. ### Claim 12 An apparatus for determining the orientation of a subject during medical imaging, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit, which acquires an image sequence of a subject captured by a camera, the image sequence comprising a plurality of images based on a time sequence; a determination unit, which determines, based on the image sequence, whether the state of the subject is abnormal; and an orientation determination unit, which in response to a determination result that the state of the subject is abnormal, determines the orientation of the subject by using a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein the first orientation is the orientation of the subject determined based on an image before a period when the state of the subject is determined to be abnormal, and the second orientation is the orientation of the subject determined based on an image after the period when the state of the subject is determined to be abnormal.