Method for operating a medical imaging diagnostic apparatus
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorStefan Roell
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Abstract
In a method for the operation of a medical diagnosis apparatus in an examination, a region of an examination subject to be imaged is placed in an imaging volume of the diagnosis apparatus, a first dataset of the region of interest is registered with a first set of operating parameters of the diagnosis apparatus, and the first set of operating parameters and the first dataset are stored. In a follow-up examination wherein the region of interest is again placed in the imaging volume, a follow-up dataset of the region of interest is registered with the apparatus operated with the stored, first set of operating parameters and the follow-up dataset is stored.
Claims9
A method for operating a medical diagnostic apparatus comprising the steps of:
- in an examination, placing a region of an examination subject in an imaging volume of a magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus and obtaining a first dataset of said region of interest by operating said magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus with a first set of operating parameters, and storing said first set of operating parameters and said first dataset;
- in a follow-up examination, after said examination, again placing said region of interest in said imaging volume of said magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus, and obtaining a follow-up dataset of said region of interest by operating said magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus with the stored, first set of operating parameters, and storing said follow-up dataset;
- comparing said first dataset and said follow-up dataset with each other to identify a positional change of said region of interest with respect to said imaging volume between said examination and said follow-up examination;
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- adapting said stored, first set of operating parameters, dependent on said positional change, to obtain an adapted set of operating parameters, and obtaining a further follow-up dataset in said follow-up examination by operating said magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus with said adapted set of operating parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.