Title:
医療用検査および/または治療装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013521032
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A medical examination and/or treatment device for performing image acquisitions and/or radiation- or instrument-based treatments in an examination or treatment region is provided, The device may include an image acquisition means and/or a treatment means and a patient table, wherein a detection means for determining the position of a patient located on the patient table is provided, the detection means including a radiation emitter which irradiates the patient in at least one region and emits terahertz radiation, at least one radiation receiver detecting reflected terahertz radiation, and a processing means processing the receiver signals supplied by the radiation receiver, wherein the processing means can generate an image showing the surface of the irradiated patient region on the basis of the receiver signals and the position of the patient region relative to the examination or treatment region can be determined on the basis of said image.
Inventors:
Paul Beasley
Oliver Height
Timothy Hughes
Oliver Height
Timothy Hughes
Application Number:
JP2012555435A
Publication Date:
June 10, 2013
Filing Date:
March 04, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Siemens Actien Gezelshaft
International Classes:
A61B19/00; G01N22/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2008515512A | 2008-05-15 |
Foreign References:
| US20080319321A1 | 2008-12-25 | |||
| WO2009116663A1 | 2009-09-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasuhiko Murayama
Takashi Watanabe
Shinya Mitsuhiro
Takashi Watanabe
Shinya Mitsuhiro