	US 12,433,554 B2
	Physiological analysis from video x-ray imaging
William J. Sehnert, Fairport, NY (US); Xiaohui Wang, Pittsford, NY (US); Levon O. Vogelsang, Webster, NY (US); and David H. Foos, Webster, NY (US)
Assigned to Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Appl. No. 18/552,697
Filed by CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC., Rochester, NY (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 15, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/020284 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/203896, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,598, filed on Mar. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164731 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); A61B 6/58 (2024.01)

CPC A61B 6/4452 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4405 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/486 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/541 (2013.01); A61B 6/587 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for radiographic imaging of a patient using a radiographic imaging apparatus having a control processor, an x-ray source, and a digital radiographic detector, the method comprising:

directing radiographic energy from the x-ray source through the patient;

capturing a first radiographic image of an anatomy of the patient in the detector;

storing one or more image acquisition factors used for capturing the first radiographic image in an electronic memory accessible by the control processor;

storing a trigger condition related to patient movement as one of said one or more image acquisition factors;

capturing a second radiographic image of the anatomy of the patient by accessing and applying the stored image acquisition factors; and

displaying or transmitting a combination of the first and second radiographic images.