US 11,980,487 B2
Collision-free X-ray tube movement
Andreas Deinlein, Bayreuth (DE); Matthias Mueller, Bamberg (DE); Rolf Schmidt, Immenreuth (DE); Thomas Dippl, Pressath (DE); Franz Dirauf, Bad Staffelstein (DE); Thorsten Gecks, Weidenberg (DE); Claus-Guenter Schliermann, Kemnath (DE); Franz Fuetterer, Puechersreuth (DE); Thomas Pfeiffer, Adelsdorf (DE); Alexander Beer, Kulmbach (DE); Dieter Heinl, Erbendorf (DE); and Wolfgang Neuber, Pressath (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,273.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 212 270.9 (DE), filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096027 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 6/102 (2013.01) [A61B 6/547 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stand for a medical imaging system, comprising:
an X-ray tube; and
a driver configured adjust the X-ray tube in at least two spatial degrees of freedom;
at least one environmental sensor configured to acquire at least one environmental parameter; and
a controller configured to
control an adjustment movement of the X-ray tube by generating control signals for the driver, and
adapt the adjustment movement based on the at least one environmental parameter,
wherein the X-ray tube is in a detection field of the at least one environmental sensor.