METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A PATIENT DURING A MEDICAL IMAGING EXAMINATION THAT INDICATES THE RESIDUAL EXAMINATION TIME FOR THE EXAMINATION
Stephan Nufer,Anja Kuerten,Lea Schubart,Jens Thoene
申请号：
US15709762
公开号：
US20180078217A1
申请日:
2017.09.20
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A method for providing information to a patient during a medical imaging examination, said method comprising: operating a medical imaging apparatus, while a patient is undergoing an examination with the medical imaging apparatus, during said medical imaging examination, providing a computer with time information that informs said computer as to an amount of time that has elapsed from a beginning of said medical imaging examination, from said time information, determining, in said computer, a residual examination time for the medical imaging examination that designates an ending time at which said medical imaging examination is expected to end, generating output information in said computer dependent on said residual examination time, said output information comprising humanly perceptible information formatted to inform the patient as to when said medical imaging examination is expected to end and providing said output information in said humanly perceptible form to the patient while the patient is undergoing said medical imaging examination.
