METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS FOR SELECTION OF AT LEAST ONE ITEM OF EXAMINATION INFORMATION FOR A MEDICAL IMAGING EXAMINATION

摘要

In a method and apparatus for the selection of at least one item of examination information for a medical imaging examination before the medical imaging examination begins, position data of the patient are detected using a position detector. For this purpose, the patient is disposed for the medical imaging examination on a patient support of a medical imaging device. The detected position data are evaluated by a position data evaluation processor, with a patient image that shows a surface image of the patient being created on the basis of the detected position data. The position data evaluation processor determines multiple items of examination information on the basis of the surface image. The multiple items of examination information are presented at an output interface. A selection of at least one item of examination information for the impending medical imaging examination is then made from the multiple displayed items of examination information.

主权项

1. A method for selecting at least one item of examination information or operating a medical imaging apparatus in a diagnostic examination of a patient in order to acquire diagnostic imaging data from the patient, comprising:
in a planning procedure prior to said diagnostic examination, operating a position detector to acquire position data of the patient while the patient is disposed on a patient support of a medical data acquisition scanner for said diagnostic examination; providing said position data to an evaluation processor and, in said evaluation processor, generating a patient image that comprises a surface image of the patient; in said evaluation processor, automatically determining multiple items of examination information from said surface image; presenting said multiple items of examination information to a user at a user interface; and via said user interface, selecting at least one item of examination information from among said multiple items of examination information presented at said interface, and operating said medical data acquisition scanner in said diagnostic examination according to the selected at least one item of examination information.