Patent ID: 7508913

Claim:
A method that compensates for movement of a patient on a patient table, comprising: recording a first set of x-ray images of a series with an x-ray emitter and an x-ray detector, wherein the series comprises a plurality of two-dimensional x-ray images taken in succession while the patient is lying on the patient table and which are related to each other; creating an additional x-ray image of the series with the x-ray emitter and the x-ray detector; determining a deviation caused by the movement of the patient between creating the additional x-ray image and recording one of the first set of x-ray images; setting a relative position between the x-ray emitter and the x-ray detector and the patient in order to compensate for the movement of the patient based on the determined deviation; and obtaining a further x-ray image of the series of two-dimensional x-ray images taken in succession with the set relative position, said obtaining providing the further x-ray image that compensates for the movement of the patient while on the patient table.