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

Claim 0:
1. 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 modified system feature and a clinical task having a task object;
determine a task-based image quality (IQ) metric based on the operator inputs, the task-based IQ metric representing a desired overall image quality of image data for performing the clinical task, the image data being acquired using a 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 an exposure-control parameter based on the task object, the modified system feature, and the task-based IQ metric; 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 exposure-control parameter.