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C.8.7.5.1.2 Positioner Primary and Secondary Angles
The definitions of Positioner Angles shall be with respect to the patient as illustrated in Figure C.8-11 and Figure C.8-12. Zero degree is referenced to the origin perpendicular to the patient's chest. The Positioner Primary Angle definition is like longitude (in the equat- orial plan); the Positioner Secondary Angle definition is like latitude (in the sagittal plane). The Positioner Angle Attributes apply to the first frame of a multi-frame image. The valid range of Primary Positioner Angle is -180 to +180 degrees and the Secondary Posi- tioner Angle range is -90 to + 90 degrees.
The Patient Plane is defined by the isocenter of the imaging device and slices through the patient such that it is perpendicular to the sagittal plane of the body. The Primary Axis of rotation is defined at the intersection of the Patient Plane and of the Sagittal Plane. The Positioner Primary Angle is defined in the transaxial plane at the isocenter with zero degrees in the direction perpendicular to the patient's chest and + 90 degrees at the patient left hand side (LAO) and -90 at the patient right hand side (RAO). The valid range of Primary Positioner Angle is -180 to +180 degrees.
The Secondary Axis is in the Patient Plane and is perpendicular to the Primary Axis at the isocenter. The Positioner Secondary Angle is defined in the Sagittal Plane at the isocenter with zero degrees in the direction perpendicular to the patient's chest. +90 degrees corresponds to the cranial direction. The Secondary Positioner Angle range is -90 to + 90 degrees.
At a 0 angle for both Primary Angle (0018,1510) and Secondary Angle (0018,1511), the patient faces the Image Intensifier or digital detector.
The Positioner Primary Angle (0018,1510) and Secondary Angle (0018,1511) apply to the first frame of a multi-frame image.
0º
RAO = -90º
±180º
Axis of Rotation
Figure C.8-11. Positioner Primary Angle
0º
Patient Plane
Axis of Rotation
Figure C.8-12. Positioner Secondary Angle
C.8.7.5.1.3 Positioner Angle Increments
If the positioner angles change during acquisition of a multi-frame image, the Positioner Angle Increment Attributes describe the an- gular change per frame.
If the change in positioner angle is nominally constant for each frame, these fields may contain a single value of the average angular change per frame. Alternatively, the fields may contain a vector of offsets from the (initial) Positioner Angle Attributes, with one value for each frame in the multi-frame image. The number of values in the Positioner Angle Increment Attributes must be one, or must be equal to Number of Frames (0028,0008) in the Multi-frame Module (see Section C.7.6.6).