US 11,666,241 B2
System and method for medical imaging
Yuhang Shi, Shanghai (CN); Zheng Zhang, Shanghai (CN); and Tingrong Shi, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Dec. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/726,868.
Claims priority of application No. 201910107788.9 (CN), filed on Feb. 2, 2019; and application No. 201910323509.2 (CN), filed on Apr. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0245894 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/055 (2013.01) [A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/40 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
at least one storage device storing a set of instructions; and
at least one processor configured to communicate with the at least one storage device, wherein when executing the set of instructions, the at least one processor is directed to perform operations including:
obtaining a scout image of a subject when the subject is positioned at a first position in an apparatus;
determining location information of a reference structure of the subject based on the scout image;
determining an offset between the first position of the subject relative to a characteristic point of the apparatus according to the location information of the reference structure;
determining location information of a target structure of the subject based on the scout image;
determining an auxiliary offset between the target structure and the characteristic point of the apparatus according to the location information of the target structure and an imaging-scan region;
moving the subject to a second position based on the offset and the auxiliary offset; and
performing, using the apparatus, a procedure relating to the target structure of the subject located at the second position.