公开(公告)号：US07292675B1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-06

申请号：US11489174

申请日：2006-07-19

申请人： Baojun Li ,  Stephen Wayne Metz ,  Rowland Frederick Saunders ,  Yaxi Shen

发明人： Baojun Li ,  Stephen Wayne Metz ,  Rowland Frederick Saunders ,  Yaxi Shen

IPC分类号： H05G1/54

CPC分类号： A61B6/488 ,  A61B6/025 ,  A61B6/508 ,  A61B6/544

摘要： A method of providing an automatic protocol assistance includes determining a number of exposures for a scan of an object, acquiring a low dose AEC exposure of the object or acquiring at least one of a PA and an AP view, calculating an initial technique, and automatically determining whether to use the initial technique to perform the scan or to not perform the scan.

摘要翻译： 提供自动协议协助的方法包括确定用于对象的扫描的曝光次数，获取对象的低剂量AEC曝光或获取PA和AP视图中的至少一个，计算初始技术并自动地 确定是否使用初始技术执行扫描或不执行扫描。

公开(公告)号：US07152785B2

公开(公告)日：2006-12-26

申请号：US10730788

申请日：2003-12-09

申请人： Stephen Wayne Metz ,  Christopher D. Unger

发明人： Stephen Wayne Metz ,  Christopher D. Unger

IPC分类号： G06K5/00

CPC分类号： G06Q50/24 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G16H10/65

摘要： Patient-centric data acquisition protocol selection systems and methods, and identification tags therefor, are described. Embodiments comprise a patient-centric data acquisition protocol selection system comprising: a programmable identification tag capable of allowing predetermined information about a patient to be stored therein and retrieved therefrom; a medical imaging system capable of communicating with the programmable identification tag; and programming associated with the medical imaging system for selecting an optimal data acquisition protocol; wherein the medical imaging system reads information from the programmable identification tag and then the programming selects an optimal data acquisition protocol based, at least in part, on the predetermined information about the patient that is stored in the programmable identification tag.

摘要翻译： 描述了以病人为中心的数据采集协议选择系统和方法及其识别标签。 实施例包括以患者为中心的数据采集协议选择系统，包括：可编程识别标签，其能够允许关于患者的预定信息被存储在其中并从中检索; 能够与可编程识别标签通信的医学成像系统; 以及与所述医学成像系统相关联的编程以选择最佳数据采集协议; 其中所述医学成像系统从所述可编程识别标签读取信息，然后所述程序至少部分地基于存储在所述可编程识别标签中的关于所述患者的预定信息来选择最佳数据采集协议。

公开(公告)号：US07697743B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-13

申请号：US11500680

申请日：2006-08-08

申请人： Stephen Wayne Metz

发明人： Stephen Wayne Metz

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06T5/00 ,  G06K2209/05 ,  G06T11/005 ,  G06T11/008 ,  G06T2207/10112 ,  G06T2207/30004 ,  G06T2211/436

摘要： Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for performing tomosynthesis including: receiving an image representative of an anatomy of a patient; allowing an interaction with the image to arrange at least one element with respect to the image to form an arrangement; and prescribing at least one parameter for obtaining a tomosynthesis image based at least in part on the arrangement. In an embodiment, the method further includes performing tomosynthesis in accordance with the at least one parameter. In an embodiment, the at least one element includes a detector representation. In an embodiment, the at least one element includes at least one thickness guide. In an embodiment, the at least one element includes at least one slice location guide. In an embodiment, the at least one parameter includes at least one of: a detector position, a detector size, a thickness size, a thickness position, a slice size, a slice position, a slice thickness, a slice separation, a field of view, a reconstruction algorithm, a hanging protocol, and an image processing routine. In an embodiment, the at least one parameter includes at least one of: an x-ray source location, an x-ray source angulation, an x-ray beam intensity, an x-ray beam gating, and a detector sensitivity.

摘要翻译： 本发明的某些实施方案提供了一种用于进行断层合成的方法，包括：接收代表患者解剖结构的图像; 允许与图像的交互以相对于图像布置至少一个元素以形成布置; 以及至少部分地基于所述布置来规定用于获得断层形成图像的至少一个参数。 在一个实施例中，该方法还包括根据至少一个参数执行断层合成。 在一个实施例中，至少一个元件包括检测器表示。 在一个实施例中，至少一个元件包括至少一个厚度引导件。 在一个实施例中，所述至少一个元件包括至少一个切片位置引导件。 在一个实施例中，至少一个参数包括以下至少一个：检测器位置，检测器尺寸，厚度尺寸，厚度位置，切片尺寸，切片位置，切片厚度，切片分离，切片分离 视图，重建算法，挂起协议和图像处理例程。 在一个实施例中，至少一个参数包括x射线源位置，x射线源角度，x射线束强度，x射线束门控和检测器灵敏度中的至少一个。