System and method for collimator screening in a computed tomography system

    公开(公告)号:US11864941B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-09

    申请号:US17493005

    申请日:2021-10-04

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 A61B6/03 A61B6/06

    CPC分类号: A61B6/582 A61B6/03 A61B6/06

    摘要: A method for verifying aperture positions of a pre-patient collimator of a computed tomography (CT) imaging system includes obtaining data collected by an X-ray measurement device having detector elements subjected to X-rays emitted from an X-ray source of the CT imaging system with the pre-patient collimator at an expected aperture position. The method also includes calculating a measured collimator aperture position for the pre-patient collimator based on the obtained data. The method further includes comparing the measured collimator aperture position to a system specification for the expected aperture position for the CT imaging system. The method even further includes generating an output based on the comparison of the measured collimator aperture position to the system specification.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLIMATOR SCREENING IN A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230109837A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17493005

    申请日:2021-10-04

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 A61B6/03 A61B6/06

    摘要: A method for verifying aperture positions of a pre-patient collimator of a computed tomography (CT) imaging system includes obtaining data collected by an X-ray measurement device having detector elements subjected to X-rays emitted from an X-ray source of the CT imaging system with the pre-patient collimator at an expected aperture position. The method also includes calculating a measured collimator aperture position for the pre-patient collimator based on the obtained data. The method further includes comparing the measured collimator aperture position to a system specification for the expected aperture position for the CT imaging system. The method even further includes generating an output based on the comparison of the measured collimator aperture position to the system specification.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS IDENTIFICATION OF HETEROGENEOUS PHANTOM REGIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230165557A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US17536323

    申请日:2021-11-29

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 G06T7/11

    摘要: A computer-implemented method includes obtaining, at a processor, a tomographic image of a phantom, wherein the phantom includes heterogeneous regions having a plurality of materials with varying attenuation coefficients. The method also includes automatically segmenting, via the processor, the heterogeneous regions from the tomographic image to generate a segmented image. The method further includes automatically identifying, via the processor, a plurality of regions of interest having varying attenuation coefficients within the tomographic image based on the segmented image. The method still further includes automatically labeling, via the processor, each region of interest of the plurality of regions of interest as representing a particular material of the plurality of materials. The method even further includes outputting, via the processor, a labeled image of the tomographic image. The method may be utilized in quality assurance testing and calibration.