US 12,408,873 B2
Setting a position of a patient table or an object positioned on the patient table
Thomas Beck, Dormitz (DE); and Sven Helmecke, Nuremberg (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,998.
Claims priority of application No. 22189025 (EP), filed on Aug. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041409 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/704 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/706 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0257 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising a magnetic resonance apparatus and a monitoring unit, wherein the magnetic resonance apparatus comprises:
a scanner unit operable to acquire medical magnetic resonance data;
a patient receiving region that is surrounded at least in part by the scanner unit;
a patient positioning apparatus having a movable patient table, wherein the patient table is movable into the patient receiving region;
a position detection unit operable to acquire position data of a position of the patient table and/or of an object that is positioned on the patient table with respect to a reference position and/or in relation to an isocenter of the scanner unit, wherein the position detection unit comprises a camera;
an adjustment unit operable to adjust the position of the patient table and/or of the object that is positioned on the patient table based on a provided adjustment parameter,
wherein the monitoring unit is operable to provide the adjustment parameter for adjusting the position of the patient table and/or of the object that is positioned on the patient table based on the acquired position data;
an internal user interface comprising an input unit and an output unit, wherein the internal user interface is permanently connected to a control unit in an operating mode of the magnetic resonance apparatus and/or other units of the magnetic resonance apparatus,
wherein the monitoring unit comprises an external user interface with an interface module that has an interface and is designed to establish a connection with an interface module of the magnetic resonance apparatus, wherein for data exchange with the magnetic resonance apparatus the user must establish a data connection between the external user interface and the magnetic resonance apparatus.