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Remember Microsoft’s Kinect camera for the Xbox 360? Well, it can still be found on CT machines in hospitals, or more specifically the Siemens Xcite. According to one imaging specialist, this 3D camera is relatively accurate for most patient habitus.
The CT machine basically uses the Kinect to landmark for topograms, while it still has a laser for centering if needed like any other machine. However, the Kinect camera can actually set up a scan region depending on the protocol you select. Best of all, they are still relatively cheap online, priced between $7.99 – $99+ depending on the condition.
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It can have difficulty setting this up, like when a patient has blankets on, or if the patient is too large. For most normal sized patients it will actually set up the region pretty darn closely, and then you can move the patient in to the scanner per the Kinect info. You can still adjust it on an iPad attached to the machine, or you can manually set your centering if you want to as well,” said Andgarth.
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