SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN OBJECT VIA PRE-SHOT PROCESSING
FIG5 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the method for imaging an object via pre-shot processing of FIG2, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
Moving to FIG5, another embodiment of the method 110 for imaging the object 12 via pre-shot processing is shown. The method 110 include acquiring 112 one or more pre-shot images, generating/scoring 114 one or more features, e.g., feature maps, from the one or more pre-shot images, and performing 116 an action based at least in part on the generated/scored features. In embodiments, the method 110 may further include thresholding 118 the generated/scored features and making decisions 120 as to which action should be performed 116. Further, while FIG5 depicts the generation of the warnings for object position 124 and matched anatomical symmetry 126 as separate warnings, it is to be understood that, in embodiments, the warnings 124 and 126 may be combined into a single warning. In other words, matching an anatomical symmetry to the object 12 may from part of the generated/scored positional feature/map of the object 12.
flowchart
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may include optimizing
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imaging device
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may include deciding
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generated/scored feature/maps
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should be performed
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generating matched anatomical symmetry warnings
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global score score generated at step
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deciding
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include acquiring
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thresholding
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thresholding be thresholded at step
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thresholding
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generating object position warnings
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may include deciding
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method
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generating/scoring
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making decisions
['1. A system 10 for imaging an object 12 via pre-shot processing, the system 10 comprising: an imaging device 14 operative to image the object 12; a controller 16 in electronic communication with the imaging device 14 and operative to: acquire 62 at least one pre-shot image 18 of the object 12 via the imaging device 14; and generate 63, based at least in part on the at least one pre-shot image 18, an indicator 20, 22 that corresponds to a likelihood that one or more diagnostic images of the object 12 acquired 24 via the imaging device 14 will be medically deficient.', '2. The system 10 of claim 1, wherein the controller 16 is further operative to: generate 64 a global score derived from one or more features 72, 74, 76 of the at least one pre-shot image 18, wherein the indicator 20, 22 is based at least in part on the global score', '6. The system 10 of claim 1, wherein the controller 16 is further operative to: match 76 an anatomical symmetry to the object 12, wherein the indicator 20, 22 is based at least in part on the matched anatomical symmetry.', '11. A method 60 for imaging an object 12 via pre-shot processing, the method 60 comprising: acquiring 62 at least one pre-shot image 18 of the object 12 via an imaging device 14; and generating 63, via a controller 16 and based at least in part on the at least one pre-shot image 18, an indicator 20, 22 that corresponds to a likelihood that one or more diagnostic images of the object acquired 24 via the imaging device 14 will be medically deficient.']