Precise and Automatic Patient Positioning in Computed Tomography

The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a 3-dimensional (3D) camera algorithm for automatic and individualized patient positioning based on body surface detection and to compare the results of the 3D camera with manual positioning performed by technologists in routinely obtained chest and abdomen computed tomography (CT) examinations.This study included data of 120 patients undergoing clinically indicated chest (n = 68) and abdomen...