Disclosed herein is a method comprising: capturing a first image of a tissue using radiation; selecting a region of the tissue based on the first image; capturing a second image of the tissue in the region using the radiation; wherein a signal-to-noise ratio of the second image is higher than a signal-to-noise ratio of the first image.

Systems and methods for image-guided medical procedures use fluoroscopic 3D reconstructions to plan and navigate a percutaneously-inserted device such as a biopsy tool from an entry point to a target.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores instructions causing a computer that processes information stored in an image management apparatus to execute: creating a synthesized image by synthesizing a scout image in a predetermined region of a slice image, the slice image and the scout image being stored in the image management apparatus, and the scout image specifying a cross-section position of the slice image.

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for performing an automated scan preparation for a scan of a target subject. The automated scan preparation may include, for example, identifying a target subject to be scanned, generating a target posture model of the target subject, causing a movable component of a medical imaging device to move to its target position, controlling a light field of the medical imaging device, determining a target subject orientation, determining a dose estimation, selecting at least one target ionization chamber, determining whether the posture of the target subject needs to be adjusted, determining one or more scanning parameters (e.g., a size of a light field), performing a preparation check, or the like, or any combination thereof.

The present invention relates to optimizing values for scan parameters for a scan of an object. An object specific exposure time is determined based on a maximal required value of a z-dependent tube current by exposure time product along a z-axis of the object and a maximal available tube current value of a tube used for the scan of the object (140). The maximal available tube current value depends on a tube voltage and maximal electric power of the tube at given focal spot area (110) and the z-dependent tube current by exposure time product profile is based on a dose index value or a pixel noise index value for the scan of the object, the tube voltage, and a z-dependent object size along the z-axis (120). The object specific exposure time is used for determining values of the scan parameters for the scan of the object (150).

A medical imaging apparatus with a medical scanner unit and at least one display is described, as well as a method for actuating at least one display of a medical imaging apparatus. The techniques disclosed are based on a medical imaging apparatus with a medical scanner unit, a computing unit which is connected to a master unit, and at least one display. The at least one display may include a slave unit, and the master unit may be connected to the slave unit by means of a data connection.

An X-ray source transmits X-rays through a subject and a detector receives the X-ray energy after having passed through the subject. A processing system generates a pre-shot image of the subject using low energy X-ray intensity from the X-ray source and determines a plurality of acquisition parameters for a main scan of the subject based on the pre-shot image. A saturation time of the detector for the corresponding acquisition parameters is determined based on detector calibration data and to determine a number of time frames required to reach the targeted dose based on the saturation time. An X-ray dosage level of the subject is then applied using the X-ray source based on the number of time frames and to generate the image of the subject based on the detected X-ray energy at the X-ray detector for the applied X-ray dosage level.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method for determining parameters related to a medical operation. The method includes obtaining optical image information of a target object, determining target part information of the target object, and determining the parameters related to the medical operation at least based on the optical image information and the target part information.

The present invention relates to a computer-implemented medical method for monitoring a spatial position of a patient's body part, wherein at least one optimum spatial direction for a line of sight of a check x-ray-image is determined, that qualifies for quantifying a deviation of the spatial position of the patient's body part from a target spatial position for the patient's body part. The present invention further relates to a corresponding computer program and a corresponding medical system.

An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured: to determine a region corresponding to a target object in an X-ray image, on the basis of the X-ray image; to calculate a statistical value related to the region, on the basis of a plurality of pixel values included in the region; and to set an X-ray condition related to generating X-rays, on the basis of the statistical value.