Automated Patient Localization in a Medical Imaging System

摘要

Described herein is a process for patient localization within a medical imaging system, having a first and second signal means for identifying patient position. The patient is manually positioned on a patient table at an initial position outside the system. A first signal means is manually positioned adjacent an area of interest on the patient in the initial position and the first signal means communicates that initial patient position to a detection means. The second signal means communicates a desired final patient position location to the detection means. The detection means either essentially continuously monitors and compares said initial and subsequent positions to the final position, or calculates the distance between the initial position and the final position and causes the patient to move from the initial position to the final position when the positions are not essentially the same.