Patent ID: 8538506

Claim:
An imaging device for generating successive tomograms of an object, comprising: a radiation source; a detector; a positioning unit; and a control unit configured to control the positioning unit and to evaluate the recorded data of the detector, the control unit being configured to match a contrast medium protocol, in which parameters for contrast medium administration are stored, intended for use in an examination by a contrast medium device, to a scan protocol provided for the examination, in which operating parameters for generating the successive tomograms are stored, avoiding unnecessary administration phases, wherein the control unit is configured to match the contrast medium protocol automatically to the scan protocol, the control unit is configured to determine, before the beginning of the examination, a conflict situation between scan protocol and contrast medium protocol relating to different time durations for the scan and contrast medium protocols, the examination includes all of the tomograms generated by the imaging device of the object such that none of the tomograms of the object are generated prior to the control unit determining the conflict situation, the control unit is configured to drive the contrast medium device, and the control unit is configured to, detect a distance of the field of examination from the location of a contrast medium administration, calculate a correction time based on a rate of propagation of the contrast medium and the detected distance if the end of scanning is reached, shorten the contrast medium administration based on the calculated correction time, and stop the contrast medium protocol immediately before or on reaching the end of the scan protocol.