Patent ID: 7391846
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for imaging a plurality of individual anatomical parts of the human anatomy by means of an X-ray apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring at least one initial projection image of at least a region of interest of the human anatomy and retaining acquisition settings for the at least one initial projection image, determining the positions and/or orientations for each of the plurality of individual anatomical parts in the region of interest from the at least one initial projection image, determining locally adapted optimum imaging parameters for each of the plurality of individual anatomical parts from (i) the determined positions and/or orientations of respective individual anatomical parts and (ii) the retained acquisition settings for the at least one initial projection image, wherein the locally adapted optimum imaging parameters include one or more settings of projection line position, projection line direction, collimation, and exposure, and acquiring projection images for each of the plurality of individual anatomical parts by dynamically using respective ones of the locally adapted optimum imaging parameters for each of the plurality of individual anatomical parts.