ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,020, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).
"High sensitivity continuous bed motion" was invented by Girish Bal (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Frank Kehren (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and computer-implemented methods for high sensitivity continuous bed motion (HS-CBM) scans are disclosed. A HS-CBM scan protocol comprising at least a first zone and a second zone is calculated. The HS-CBM scan maximizes scan sensitivity within an area of interest. A moveable bed is operated at a first movement rate within an imaging field of view of an imaging modality. The fir...