Patent ID: 8848997
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A61B,G01R,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling acquisition of a diagnostic medical image in a medical image acquisition device, comprising the steps of: generating a statistical atlas for at least one part of the human body comprising a plurality of different, individual anatomical entities by compiling an average image data set from a plurality of planning image data sets respectively acquired using a specified measurement protocol to operate a medical image acquisition device, said planning image data sets each having an image control that is insufficient for making a medical diagnosis, selecting one planning image data set in said plurality of planning image data sets for use as a reference image data set, mapping all other planning image data sets in said plurality of planning imaged data sets to said reference image data set using an affine map combined with a deformation map, thereby obtaining mapped planning image data sets, averaging said mapped planning image data sets to form said average image data set, and transforming said average image data set with an inverse average map formed by averaging all maps used to generate said mapped planning image data sets; electronically storing the statistical atlas in a storage medium together with association information that individually labels the different anatomical entities of the human body represented by the average image data set; after generating and storing said statistical atlas, acquiring a current planning image data set of an examination subject in said medical image acquisition device, also using said specified image protocol or an image protocol having a contrast corresponding to a contrast of said specified image protocol; in a processor, accessing said statistical atlas from said storage medium and transforming the average image data set therein into the current planning image data set and thereby also causing said association information to be correctly associated with corresponding different anatomical entities said current planning image data set; and in said processor, generating control signals using the association information now associated with the current planning imaged data set having a control signal form for controlling acquisition of a diagnostic medical image that includes at least one of the different anatomical entities of the examination subject in said medical image acquisition device, and emitting said control signals at an output of said processor.