US 12,318,233 B2
System and method for automated projection radiography
David H. Foos, Webster, NY (US); and Eliot L Siegel, Severna Park, MD (US)
Assigned to Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/791,033
Filed by CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC., Rochester, NY (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/060938
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/141678, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/957,831, filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027305 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/0492 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4208 (2013.01); A61B 6/505 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system implemented method for radiographic imaging comprising:
identifying a subject anatomy for radiographic imaging;
automatically identifying a position of a subject with respect to an X-ray imaging apparatus from one or more sensor signals and, if necessary, outputting a guidance signal to communicate repositioning instructions to the subject;
generating configuration signals for configuring and positioning components of the imaging apparatus, wherein the imaging apparatus components comprise at least an x-ray source and a DR detector for the radiographic imaging;
generating one or more technique signals to set imaging exposure levels according to the identified subject anatomy;
acquiring a radiographic image of the subject anatomy by automatically energizing the x-ray source;
analyzing the acquired radiographic image of the subject anatomy using trained logic to determine clinical diagnostic suitability of the acquired radiographic image; and
assessing the acquired radiographic image of the subject anatomy according to trained logic to identify one or more abnormalities in the subject anatomy.