Patent ID: 11903691
Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method to automatically align magnetic resonance (MR) scans for diagnostic scan planning, comprising:
acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) localizer image of an elbow;
identifying one or more initial landmarks that include at least one ligament in the 3D localizer image using a landmarking engine;
identifying one or more main axes associated with the elbow based on the one or more initial landmarks, the one or more main axes extending through the one or more initial landmarks;
re-orienting the 3D localizer image to a standard viewing position of the elbow based on the identified one or more main axes and a condyle axis to yield a re-oriented 3D localizer image;
applying the landmarking engine to the re-oriented 3D localizer image to yield one or more additional landmarks; and
computing a plurality of reference points for performing an MR scan based on the one or more additional landmarks.