US 12,214,220 B2
Method for providing result data which is suitable for use in planning the irradiation of a patient
Christopher Jude Amies, Sykesville, MD (US); Christian Hofmann, Erlangen (DE); Philipp Hoelzer, Bubenreuth (DE); Mark-Aleksi Keller-Reichenbecher, Sandhausen (DE); Bjoern Kreisler, Hausen (DE); Andre Ritter, Neunkirchen am Brand (DE); and Rene Kartmann, Nuremberg (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/502,308.
Application 18/502,308 is a continuation of application No. 17/123,594, filed on Dec. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,844,961.
Application 17/123,594 is a continuation of application No. 16/640,960, granted, now 10,898,727, issued on Jan. 26, 2021, previously published as PCT/EP2018/069777, filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/549,175, filed on Aug. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0066320 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1031 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1039 (2013.01); A61N 5/1071 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1061 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for provisioning result data suitable for planning an irradiation of a patient, the method comprising:
acquiring CT measurement data of the patient via a CT device having a quantum counting X-ray detector, the acquiring including changing a detector parameter of the quantum counting X-ray detector during the acquiring, the changing the detector parameter including changing the detector parameter of the quantum counting X-ray detector during the acquiring of the CT measurement data such that a first setting of the detector parameter is set for acquiring the CT measurement data at a first z-position along a longitudinal direction of the patient, and a second setting of the detector parameter is set for acquiring the CT measurement data at a second z-position along the longitudinal direction of the patient;
processing the CT measurement data to generate result data suitable for the planning of the irradiation of the patient, the processing the CT measurement data based on an information content of the CT measurement data resulting from use of the quantum counting X-ray detector in the acquiring of the CT measurement data; and
provisioning the result data to an interface for planning the irradiation of the patient.