# US 2025/0148643 A1 · Camera calibration systems, methods, and storage mediums for x-ray imaging > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0148643 A1 - Document ID: US20250148643A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/014,160 - Filed: 2025-01-08 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-30 - Assignees: Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Guanqun WANG; Wenqiang LIU; Longhui LI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250148643A1 ## CPC - G06T 7/80: Analysis of captured images to determine intrinsic or extrinsic camera parameters, i.e. camera calibration - A61B 6/547: {involving tracking of position of the device or parts of the device} - A61B 6/584: {determining position of components of the apparatus or device using images of the phantom} - A61B 6/5247: {combining images from an ionising-radiation diagnostic technique and a non-ionising radiation diagnostic technique, e.g. X-ray and ultrasound} - G06T 2207/10116: X-ray image - G06T 2207/30004: Biomedical image processing - G06T 2207/30208: Marker matrix - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a camera calibration method, system, storage medium for X-ray imaging. The method may include acquiring at least one image taken by a camera to be calibrated, wherein the at least one image may include a calibration target, and the calibration target may include at least one calibration point; selecting any calibration point of the at least one calibration point as a target calibration point; determining, based on the at least one image, image coordinates of the target calibration point; obtaining a first position and a second position of an X-ray imaging device; determining, based on the first position and the second position, spatial coordinates of the target calibration point; and performing calibration on the camera to be calibrated based on the image coordinates and the spatial coordinates. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A camera calibration method for X-ray imaging implemented on a computing device having one or more processors and one or more storage devices, the method comprising: acquiring at least one image taken by a camera to be calibrated (160), wherein the at least one image includes a calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900), and the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900) includes at least one calibration point; selecting any calibration point of the at least one calibration point as a target calibration point; determining, based on the at least one image, image coordinates of the target calibration point; obtaining a first position and a second position of an X-ray imaging device (110, 400), wherein when the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) is located in the first position and the second position, the target calibration point (512) is within an imaging field of view of the X-ray imaging device (110, 400), and a first line and a second line are not parallel, the first line connecting a radiation source (430, 520) and a detector (440, 530) of the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) at the first position, the second line connecting the radiation source (430, 520) and the detector (440, 530) of the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) at the second position; determining, based on the first position and the second position, spatial coordinates of the target calibration point; and performing calibration on the camera to be calibrated (160) based on the image coordinates and the spatial coordinates. ### Claim 2 (canceled) ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, when the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) is located at the first position and/or the second position, the first line and/or the second line overlaps with the target calibration point. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the first position is a position where the first line is perpendicular to a plane of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900), and the second position is a position where the second line is parallel to the plane of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900). ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein determining, based on the first position and the second position, the spatial coordinates of the target calibration point (512) includes: determining, based on the first position, first two-dimensional (2D) coordinates of the target calibration point (512) within the plane of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900); determining, based on the second position, second 2D coordinates of the target calibration point (512) within a plane perpendicular to the plane of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900); and determining, based on the first 2D coordinates and the second 2D coordinates, the spatial coordinates. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the first position corresponds to a first angle, and the second position corresponds to a second angle; and determining, based on the first position and the second position, the spatial coordinates of the target calibration point (512) includes: determining first coordinates of the first line based on the first position; determining second coordinates of the second line based on the second position; and determining the spatial coordinates based on the first coordinates and the second coordinates. ### Claim 7 (canceled) ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein obtaining the first position of the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) includes: acquiring a first image captured by the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) at a first candidate position, the first image including the target calibration point; determining a first magnification based on the first image; determining a first deviation between a first image position of the target calibration point (512) in the first image and an image center of the first image; determining, based on the first magnification and the first deviation, a second deviation between a spatial position of the target calibration point (512) and the first line; determining the first position based on the second deviation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein determining the first magnification based on the first image includes: obtaining a size of at least part of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900) in the first image; obtaining an actual size of the at least part of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900); and determining the first magnification based on the size of the at least part of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900) in the first image and the actual size of the at least part of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900). ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein determining the first magnification based on the first image includes: acquiring a third image captured by the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) at an auxiliary position, the third image including the target calibration point (512); obtaining first coordinates related to the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) at the first candidate position; obtaining second coordinates related to related to the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) at the auxiliary position; obtaining a third coordinates of the target calibration point (512) in the first image; obtaining a fourth coordinates of the target calibration point (512) in the third image; and determining the first magnification based on the first coordinates, the second coordinates, the third coordinates, and the fourth coordinates. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein a line connecting the radiation source (430, 520) and the detector (440, 530) at the first candidate position and a line connecting the radiation source (430, 520) and the detector (440, 530) at the auxiliary position are parallel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the line connecting the radiation source (430, 520) and the detector (440, 530) at the first candidate position and the line connecting the radiation source (430, 520) and the detector (440, 530) at the auxiliary position are at an angle with a line vertical to a plane of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900). ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the first magnification is determined based further on the angle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the first coordinates and the second coordinates are in a same plane parallel to a plane of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900). ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the first coordinates and/or the second coordinates are two-dimensional (2D) coordinates related to a plane of the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900). ### Claim 16 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the obtaining the second position of the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) includes: acquiring a second image captured by the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) at a second candidate position, the second image including the target calibration point; determining a second magnification based on the second image; determining a third deviation between a second image position of the target calibration point (512) in the second image and an image center of the second image; determining, based on the second magnification and the third deviation, a fourth deviation between the spatial position of the target calibration point (512) and the second line; determining the second position based on the fourth deviation. ### Claim at position 17 17-20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900) includes at least one calibration unit (600, 711, 712, 721, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960), each of the at least one calibration unit (600, 711, 712, 721, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960) includes a calibration part (620) and a base plate (610), a geometric center (630) of the calibration part (620) is set as the calibration point, the calibration part (620) is disposed on the base plate (610), and there is an X-ray attenuation difference and/or an optical imaging difference between the calibration part (620) and the base plate (610). ### Claim at position 19 22-26. (canceled) ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900) includes a support component, the support component includes a support plane, and the at least one calibration unit (600, 711, 712, 721, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960) is disposed on the support plane. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the support component is foldable. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900) further includes a fixing component configured to fix the calibration target to a scanning bed of the X-ray imaging device, and one end of the fixing component is connected to the support component. ### Claim 30 (canceled) ### Claim 31 A calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900), the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900) includes at least one calibration unit (600, 711, 712, 721, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960), each of the at least one calibration unit (600, 711, 712, 721, 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960) includes a calibration part (620) and a base plate (610), and a geometric center (630) of the calibration part (620) is set as a calibration point, the calibration part (620) is disposed on the base plate (610), and there is an X-ray attenuation difference and an optical imaging difference between the calibration part (620) and the base plate (610). ### Claim at position 25 32-40. (canceled) ### Claim 41 A system, comprising: at least one storage medium including a set of instructions; at least one processor in communication with the at least one storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions, the at least one processor is directed to cause the system to perform operations including: acquiring at least one image taken by a camera to be calibrated, wherein the at least one image includes a calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900), and the calibration target (510, 700, 810, 900) includes at least one calibration point; selecting any calibration point of the at least one calibration point as a target calibration point; determining, based on the at least one image, image coordinates of the target calibration point; obtaining a first position and a second position of an X-ray imaging device (110, 400), wherein when the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) is located in the first position and the second position, the target calibration point (512) is within an imaging field of view of the X-ray imaging device (110, 400), and a first line and a second line are not parallel, the first line connecting a radiation source (430, 520) and a detector (440, 530) of the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) at the first position, the second line connecting the radiation source (430, 520) and the detector (440, 530) of the X-ray imaging device (110, 400) at the second position; determining, based on the first position and the second position, spatial coordinates of the target calibration point; and performing calibration on the camera to be calibrated (160) based on the image coordinates and the spatial coordinates. ### Claim at position 27 42-43. (canceled)