Adjustment systems and methods for computed tomography
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsArka Datta, Brandon A. Smith, Brian E. Nett
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for automatically adjusting parts of a patient's body relative to a CT scanner to optimize image collection and work flow during a CT scan. In one example approach, a method comprises acquiring image data of a patient on an X-ray imaging system patient support surface; performing an adjustment calculation based on the image data; and adjusting a head holder attached to the patient support surface based on the adjustment calculation, wherein the head holder is adjusted using a motor attached to the head holder.
Claims20
A method for automatically adjusting patient position in an X-ray imaging system, comprising:
- acquiring image data of a patient on an X-ray imaging system patient support surface;
- performing an adjustment calculation based on the image data;
- and
- adjusting a head holder attached to the patient support surface based on the adjustment calculation, wherein the head holder is adjusted using a motor attached to the head holder.
A method for automatically adjusting patient position in a computed tomography (CT) system, comprising:
- acquiring image data of a patient on an X-ray imaging system patient support surface;
- performing a segmentation process on the image data to identify locations of a patient body part in the image data;
- performing an adjustment calculation based on the image data and the identified patient body part locations;
- and
- adjusting a head holder coupled to the patient support surface based on the adjustment calculation, wherein the head holder is adjusted using a motor coupled to the head holder.
A computed tomography (CT) imaging system, comprising:
- an imaging system configured to capture image data of a patient on a CT imaging system patient support surface;
- an adjustment calculation system configured to perform an adjustment calculation based on the image data;
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- a motor coupled to a head holder coupled to the patient support surface configured to receive adjustment instructions from the adjustment calculation system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.