Patient position monitoring system based on 3D surface acquisition technique

• Main Authors: Sehnert, William J, Lin, Yuan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.04.2020
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

A method acquires reflectance image content from patient anatomy that is within a volume of an imaging apparatus defined between a radiation source and a detector and generates a surface contour image from the acquired reflectance image content. The generated surface contour image is compared with s...