Patent ID: 11883241
Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 17:
18. An imaging control method comprising:
sequentially acquiring cross sectional medical images of a target of a subject acquired by performing an imaging of the target by scanning with a scanner, and position data of the acquired cross sectional medical images;
automatically determining, based on the acquired cross sectional medical images and the acquired position data, an unimaged region being a part of the target, the unimaged region being included in a data-missing area, which has a size equal to or larger than a threshold, and which appears between adjacent cross sectional medical images of the acquired cross sectional medical images; and
automatically moving the scanner such that the unimaged region within the target is scanned when the unimaged region is determined.