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

Claim 0:
1. An image acquisition apparatus comprising:
a positioner controller communicatively coupled to a positioner, wherein the positioner controller is configured to generate a control signal 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;
an 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;
an imaging controller configured to operate 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 generated from the image signals and having respective centers aligned along a rectilinear path; and
an image processing unit configured to obtain the first plurality of two-dimensional images and arrange the two-dimensional images relative to each other to obtain a first composite image and compare 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.