US 11,857,356 B2
Method and device for recording medical images
Johannes Georg Korporaal, Forchheim (DE); and Rainer Raupach, Heroldsbach (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen (DE)
Appl. No. 15/115,921
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 6, 2015, PCT No. PCT/EP2015/052484
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 2, 2016,
PCT Pub. No. WO2015/124441, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 14156162 (EP), filed on Feb. 21, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2017/0181719 A1, Jun. 29, 2017
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/504 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/44 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61M 5/007 (2013.01); G01R 33/283 (2013.01); G01R 33/5601 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for capturing medical images of a body, the body being a human body or a body of an animal, the method comprising:
determining a start time for starting manual contrast administration;
performing a monitoring scan including,
detecting first medical imaging data corresponding to magnetic resonance data or x-ray data,
producing first images of the body based on the magnetic resonance data or the x-ray data, and
detecting a signal level at a defined position in the body from the first images;
computing a first time interval based on a characteristic time interval between the start time for starting the manual contrast administration and a time at which the signal level at the defined position in the body reaches a threshold level;
computing an end time for ending the manual contrast administration such that the end time for ending the manual contrast administration precedes an end of a medical imaging scan of the body by the first time interval;
outputting a first advance signal at a first defined time before the start time for starting manual contrast administration;
outputting a first indication at the start time instructing performance of the manual contrast administration;
performing the medical imaging scan, a timing of at least one of the start time for starting the manual contrast administration, a beginning of the medical imaging scan or the end of the medical imaging scan being based on user-selected points in time, and the user-selected points in time being based on an examination protocol, a contrast agent or a patient characteristic;
outputting a second advance signal after the computing, the second advance signal being a color-coded signal or an audio signal; and
outputting a second indication at the end time for ending the manual contrast administration, the second indication instructing termination of the manual contrast administration, and the second advance signal being output at a second defined time before the second indication is output.