US 12,490,951 B2
Methods and systems for guiding user to perform medical imaging
Henry Chosta, Northbridge, MA (US); Rasika A. Parkar, Wayland, MA (US); Kyo C. Jin, Durham, NH (US); Robert A. Simpson, Shirley, MA (US); Krisha D. Nazareth, Hudson, MA (US); Stephanie Arce, Needham, MA (US); and Xavier Tomas Fernandez, Jamaica Plain, MA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed by Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,316.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363733 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/547 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/4447 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system for generating image data of a subject, the imaging system comprising:
a radiation emitter for emitting radiation through the subject;
a radiation detector for detecting radiation from the radiation emitter that has passed through the subject;
an imaging assembly including the radiation emitter and the radiation detector, the imaging assembly configured to move the radiation emitter and the radiation detector relative to the subject; and
a control system configured to:
identify positions of the radiation emitter and the radiation detector relative to the subject prior to emitting radiation through the subject with the radiation emitter and the radiation detector;
notify a user of the imaging system when either one of the radiation emitter and the radiation detector is not at a predetermined start angle relative to the subject prior to emitting radiation through the subject with the radiation emitter and the radiation detector;
when either one of the radiation emitter and the radiation detector is not at the predetermined start angle relative to the subject prior to emitting radiation through the subject with the radiation emitter and the radiation detector, generate and display instructions to the user by way of a user interface for adjusting the imaging assembly so that the radiation emitter and the radiation detector are both at the predetermined start angle relative to the subject prior to emitting radiation through the subject with the radiation emitter and the radiation detector; and
restrict operation of the radiation emitter to emit radiation until both the radiation emitter and the radiation detector are at the predetermined start angle relative to the subject and prior to emitting radiation through the subject with the radiation emitter and the radiation detector;
wherein the control system is further configured to:
detect whether a surgical navigation system is connected to the imaging system, and provide instructions to the user for connecting a surgical navigation system if there is no surgical navigation system connected to the imaging system; and
detect whether the surgical navigation system connected to the imaging system is compatible with the imaging system, and if the surgical navigation system is not compatible, provide instructions to the user for connecting a compatible surgical navigation system.