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Method and system for automatic selection of scanning protocol

A scanning protocol and automatic selection technology, which is applied to radiological diagnostic instruments, computerized tomography scanners, applications, etc., can solve laborious and other problems, and achieve the effects of improving medical diagnosis, high image quality, and improving reliability

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-03-25
SIEMENS AG
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If more and more scan protocols are created and stored retrievably, it becomes more and more laborious for the user of the X-ray tomography device to select a suitable scan protocol from the large number of stored scan protocols

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[0022] figure 1 An imaging system in the form of a computed tomography apparatus 7 according to the invention is shown.

[0023] During the tomographic recording of the x-ray images, the patient 5 is located on a patient table 6 , which is connected to a table base 16 such that it supports the patient table 6 with the patient 5 . During a tomographic recording, the patient table 6 moves the patient 5 in a helical pattern along the axis of rotation 17 through the opening 18 of the gantry 19 of the computed tomography device 7 . During this movement, a large number of projection pictures of the body parts of the patient 5 are created. During the tomographic recording of the X-ray images, the X-ray detector 9 and the X-ray emitter 8 working together with the X-ray detector 9 are moved about the axis of rotation 17 . The x-ray emitter 8 and the x-ray detector 9 are arranged in the gantry 19 such that they are positioned opposite one another and the x-ray detector 9 is able to de...

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A method is disclosed for automatically selecting a scanning protocol for a tomographic recording of an X-ray image of a patient in that at least one patient-specific value is retrieved in the internal memory of a first computer. The patient-specific value can in particular be a measure of the anticipated X-ray absorption by the patient. The method includes automatically comparing the patient-specific value with retrievably stored reference values, wherein one scanning protocol can be associated with each reference value. Finally, a scanning protocol is automatically selected by way of the first computer using the comparison. Selection is simplified by automation of selection of the scanning protocol since no manual selection of the scanning protocol has to be made. Automatic selection of a suitable scanning protocol is also quicker than a manual selection.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method and system for automatically selecting a scanning protocol. The invention also relates to a computer program product and an imaging system. Background technique [0002] X-ray tomography is an imaging method mainly used in medical diagnosis as well as in material analysis. In X-ray tomography, an X-ray emitter and an X-ray detector working together with the X-ray emitter rotate around the object under examination. The pictures are taken at different angular positions of the x-ray emitter and x-ray detector, wherein the examination object can be moved along the axis of rotation. Each photograph is a projection of the inspection object. At the end of the recording series, also called “scanning”, the projections are processed such that a three-dimensional tomographic x-ray image is generated. The execution of the recording series is therefore also referred to below as a tomographic recording. The quality of the X-ray...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B6/03
CPCA61B6/463A61B6/0407A61B6/032G01G19/445A61B6/545A61B6/465A61B6/5294A61B6/54A61B6/542A61B6/544
Inventor C.布朗D.波音C.科克R.拉普M.朔伊林M.赛德尔迈尔G.索扎
Owner SIEMENS AG