Patent ID: 11957501
Assignee: TIP IMAGING, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A computed tomography (CT) imaging system comprising:
an x-ray source configured to operate at a tube current and at a tube potential while generating an x-ray beam;
memory;
a CT detector configured to collect projection data of a person; and
at least one processing unit configured to execute programmed instructions stored in the memory, the at least one processing unit, when executing the programmed instructions, configured to:
receive operator inputs that include a clinical task having a task object, a reference system feature, a modified system feature, and a target image quality (IQ) reference, the target IQ reference representing an acceptable image quality obtainable using the reference system feature, wherein the reference system feature and the modified system feature are a same type of feature and include a reconstruction algorithm or a scan parameter;
determine a task-based IQ metric based on the task object, the reference system feature, and the target IQ reference;
determine an adjusted IQ reference based on the task-based IQ metric, the task object, and the modified system feature; and
direct the x-ray source to generate the x-ray beam during a CT scan, wherein at least one of the tube current or the tube potential during the CT scan is a function of the adjusted IQ reference.