Patent Document ID: 8699768
Application ID: 13508370
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: using a pre-scan image to define a scan field of view for a region of interest of a patient to be scanned for at least one image acquisition of a series of image acquisitions of a scan plan; performing an image acquisition of the series based on a corresponding scan field of view for the image acquisition; and determining, via a processor, a next field of view for a next image acquisition of the series based on available image related data by: generating a simulated pre-scan image based on image data from the performed image acquisition by forward projecting the image data or selecting sub-portions of the image data to generate the simulated pre-scan image; registering the pre-scan image and the simulated pre-scan image; and generating a correlation signal indicative of a correlation between a location of the region of interest in the pre-scan image and a location of the region of interest in the simulated pre-scan image.