US 11,771,395 B2
Orientation reference system for medical imaging
Peter Belei, Hamburg (DE); and Bart Carelsen, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/262,478.
Application 16/262,478 is a continuation of application No. 14/116,151, granted, now 10,219,776, previously published as PCT/IB2012/052259, filed on May 7, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 11166065 (EP), filed on May 13, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2019/0167225 A1, Jun. 6, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/589 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0487 (2020.08); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/4464 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01); A61B 6/4423 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A medical imaging apparatus comprising:
an X-ray imaging device including an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, wherein the X-ray detector comprises a housing that has four sidewalls,
the X-ray imaging device positionable in relation to an imaged object in at least two movement directions and configured to acquire image data of the imaged object from the at least two movement directions;
a display device configured to display on a display screen: a diagnostic image of the imaged object, based on the image data from the X-ray imaging device, and second movement direction indicators in relation to the diagnostic image, wherein the second movement direction indicators are positioned on the display screen to indicate orientation of the X-ray detector in relation to orientation of the displayed diagnostic image; and
first movement direction indicators configured to indicate possible movement directions of the X-ray imaging device in relation to the imaged object, wherein the first movement direction indicators are provided on the X-ray imaging device with a movement direction indicator of the first movement direction indicators provided on each of the four sidewalls of the housing of the X-ray detector,
wherein the first movement direction indicators correspond to the second movement direction indicators, thereby forming a common orientation reference system for positioning the X-ray imaging device in relation to the imaged object,
wherein the first movement direction indicators are configured to indicate spatial movement in relation to an image plane, and
wherein the first movement direction indicators include-numeral indicators of “3”, “6”, “9”, and “12” that are positioned on the four sidewalls of the housing of the X-ray detector in a clock arrangement.