Patent Document ID: 9675311
Application ID: 14126276
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: generating an acquisition plan for a follow up three dimensional image acquisition of tissue of interest of a patient by computer tomography (CT) acquisition based on a first two dimensional surview projection image registered with a second two dimensional surview projection image, wherein the first two dimensional surview projection image was used to plan a previously performed baseline three dimensional image acquisition of the tissue of interest of the patient, wherein the first two dimensional surview projection image includes information corresponding to at least one region of interest identified in the first two dimensional surview projection image for the previously performed baseline three dimensional image acquisition, wherein the first two dimensional surview projection image includes information corresponding to a z-axis scanning extent identified in the first two dimensional surview projection image for the previously performed baseline three dimensional baseline image acquisition, and the information corresponding to the z-axis scanning extent includes a first position scanned and a last position scanned of the previously performed baseline three dimensional image acquisition, and wherein the second two dimensional surview projection image was acquired for planning the follow up three dimensional image acquisition, and wherein the z-axis scanning extent including the first position scanned and the last position scanned of the previously performed three dimensional image acquisition is transferred from the first two dimensional surview projection image to the second two dimensional surview projection image according to the registration.