IP Library Granted Patent US 11,878,187
Granted Patent B2
US 11,878,187 · App. 17/696,724 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Selecting imaging perspectives to optimize tracking volume detectability and model quality

Inventors: Charles Brandon Frederick (Sunnyvale, CA); Robert Elijah Broadhurst (Carrboro, NC); Eric Schnarr (McFarland, WI)
Assignee: Accuray Incorporated
A61N5/1049A61N5/107G06V10/25A61N2005/1055
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Patent No.
US 11,878,187
App. No.
17/696,724
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is described including online selecting of at least one of a plurality of optimal imaging times or a plurality of imaging angles and optimizing a parameter of an imaging system based on the online selecting.

Claims (37)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an imaging system; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to the imaging system, to:

select at least one of a plurality of optimal imaging times or a plurality of imaging angles; and

optimize a parameter of the imaging system based on the at least one of the plurality of optimal imaging times or the plurality of imaging angles.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parameter comprises an imaging perspective of a region of interest.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , the parameter comprises a position, an orientation, or a timing of images that are acquired of a region of interest (ROI).

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the imaging system comprises an X-ray imaging system.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to optimize, the processing device is to reduce an uncertainty value associated with a region of interest (ROI).

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein optimizing comprises maximizing a visibility of structures in a region of interest (ROI).

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the imaging system comprises a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system.

8. A method comprising:

selecting of at least one of a plurality of optimal imaging times or a plurality of imaging angles; and

optimizing a parameter of an imaging system based on the at least one of the plurality of optimal imaging times or the plurality of imaging angles.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the parameter comprises an imaging perspective of a region of interest (ROI).

10. The method of claim 8 , the parameter comprises a position, an orientation, or a timing of images that are acquired of a region of interest (ROI).

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the imaging system comprises an X-ray imaging system.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein optimizing comprises reducing an uncertainty value associated with a region of interest (ROI).

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein optimizing comprises maximizing a visibility of structures in a region of interest (ROI).

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the imaging system comprises a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

select at least one of a plurality of optimal imaging times or a plurality of imaging angles; and

optimize a parameter of an imaging system based on the at least one of the plurality of optimal imaging times or the plurality of imaging angles.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the parameter comprises a position, an orientation, or a timing of images that are acquired of a region of interest (ROI).

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the imaging system comprises an X-ray imaging system.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein to optimize, the processing device is to reduce an uncertainty value associated with a region of interest (ROI).

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein optimizing comprises maximizing a visibility of structures in a region of interest (ROI).

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the imaging system comprises a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system.

21. An apparatus, comprising:

an imaging system; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to the imaging system, to:

select at least one of a plurality of image acquisition parameters; and

optimize an imaging system parameter of the imaging system based on the at least one of the plurality of image acquisition parameters.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the imaging system comprises an X-ray imaging system.

23. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein to optimize, the processing device is to reduce an uncertainty value associated with a region of interest (ROI).

24. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein optimizing comprises maximizing a visibility of structures in a region of interest (ROI).

25. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the imaging system comprises a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: ACCURAY INCORPORATED
To: ACCURAY LLC
Reel/Frame 072421/0584 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: FREDERICK, CHARLES BRANDON; BROADHURST, ROBERT ELIJAH; SCHNARR, ERIC
To: ACCURAY INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 059293/0722 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17014021 · Sep 8, 2020
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