US 11,839,500 B2
Method for acquiring an X-ray image section by section
Thomas Weber, Hausen (DE); Christoph Luckner, Erlangen (DE); Magdalena Herbst, Pinzberg (DE); Ludwig Ritschl, Buttenheim (DE); and Frank Boettcher, Ortspitz (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,198.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 209 714.3 (DE), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031260 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/027 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for acquiring an X-ray image of a region of interest of an examinee using an X-ray system, the X-ray system including an X-ray source on a traversing unit, an X-ray detector on the traversing unit, and a displaceable patient table configured to position the examinee, the X-ray detector including a detection zone, and the method comprising:
selecting the region of interest;
acquiring, section-by-section, successive image sections in relation to the region of interest,
wherein the acquiring, for each successive image section of the successive image sections, includes
moving the X-ray source and the X-ray detector along an acquisition direction,
moving the displaceable patient table a same distance as the X-ray source and the X-ray detector in a direction counter to the acquisition direction,
determining a respective strip-shaped detection area within the detection zone for a respective image section of the successive image sections, and
detecting the respective image section by way of the respective strip-shaped detection area and the X-ray source, to acquire the respective image section; and
generating a composite X-ray image of the region of interest from the successive image sections.