Systems and methods for automatic display field of view in medical imaging

A system, comprising:

• a computing device communicatively coupled to an imaging system configured to image a patient, the computing device configured with instructions in non-transitory memory that when executed cause the computing device to:
• obtain one or more scan protocols and parameters for a requested scan of the patient;
• obtain one or more scout images of the patient according to the one or more scan protocols and parameters;
• generate a contour map of a body contour of the patient based on the one or more scout images;
• determine, based on the contour map, a first display field of view (DFOV);
• acquire diagnostic scan data of the patient according to the one or more scan protocols and parameters;
• reconstruct the diagnostic scan data according to the first DFOV to generate one or more reconstructed images;
• and
• display the one or more reconstructed images on a display device communicably coupled to the imaging system.

A method for determining a display field of view (DFOV), comprising:

• determining a body contour of a patient based on one or more scout images acquired of the patient;
• determining the DFOV based on the body contour of the patient;
• and
• reconstructing acquired diagnostic scan data of the patient according to the DFOV, wherein the one or more scout images and the diagnostic scan data are acquired by an imaging system and wherein the patient remains positioned within a scanner of the imaging system between acquisition of the one or more scout images and acquisition of the diagnostic scan data.