THERMAL OPTIMIZATION OF AN IMAGING SCAN ROOM

摘要

In accordance with the present disclosure, a tool for evaluating the thermal layout of a scan room is discussed. In practice, the tool may be used to quickly generate and test different room and imaging system layouts to identify a suitable layout. A scan room and imaging system may then be placed and oriented in accordance with the layout that has been tested and found acceptable using the tool.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for modeling patient comfort in a scan room, comprising:
receiving, on a processor-based system, a set of inputs comprising: dimensions and shape of the scan room, placement of one or more imaging system components in the scan room, and placement and operational characteristics of air supplies within the scan room; generating a cellular mesh based on the set of inputs; computing an air flow vector for each cell of the cellular mesh based on the set of inputs and a set of boundary conditions; computing a temperature for each cell of the cellular mesh using the computed air flow vectors and a set of boundary conditions; computing a measure of projected patient comfort based at least on the computed temperatures, velocities, and the set of inputs; and displaying the measure of projected patient comfort as a factor in evaluating layout of the scan room described by the set of inputs.