Patent ID: 11969274
Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 27:
28. An imaging method performed by an image acquisition apparatus, comprising:
generating a control signal by a positioner controller that is communicatively coupled to a positioner, wherein the control signal is generated to cause the positioner to rectilinearly translate a patient support relative to an imager, and/or to rectilinearly translate the imager relative to the patient support;
operating the imager to generate a first plurality of two-dimensional images for a patient while the patient is supported in a horizontal position by the patient support, the first plurality of two-dimensional images comprising three or more images and having respective centers aligned along a rectilinear path, the imager comprising a gate control circuit, wherein the gate control circuit is configured to collect image signals from two or more lines of imager elements simultaneously to generate the three or more images;
arranging, by an image processing unit, the two-dimensional images relative to each other to obtain a first composite image; and
comparing, by the image processing unit, the first composite image to a reference image generated prior to the first composite image to determine a desired positioning of the patient for a treatment.