Patent ID: 11944471
Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for operating a medical imaging system, the imaging system including an imaging device having a scanning range and a positioning apparatus to position an examination object, the method comprising:
ascertaining object information relating to the examination object;
determining a region of interest for the examination object, the region of interest being a region of the examination object to be examined by the imaging device in context of an examination to be performed;
determining, prior to positioning the examination object on the positioning apparatus, a positional state of the examination object, relative to the positioning apparatus, based on the region of interest determined, the object information ascertained, and the scanning range, the determining the positional state including,
determining whether or not the region of interest is bringable into complete overlap with the scanning range;

providing user output, for a user of the imaging system, based on the determination of the positional state; and
arranging the examination object on the positioning apparatus based on the user output.