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

Claim 9:
10. A method comprising:
receiving operator inputs that include a modified system feature and a clinical task having a task object;
determining 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;
determining an exposure-control parameter based on the task object, the modified system feature, and the task-based IQ metric; and
directing an x-ray source to generate an x-ray beam during a CT scan, wherein at least one of a tube current or a tube potential during the CT scan is a function of the exposure-control parameter.