Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Visualizing vascular structures
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Application No.: US16469396Application Date: 2017-12-14
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Publication No.: US10939885B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Laurence Rouet , Raoul Florent
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP16306688 20161215
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/082895 WO 20171214
- International Announcement: WO2018/109111 WO 20180621
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; G06T5/00 ; G06T5/50

Abstract:
The present invention relates to visualizing vascular structures. In order to provide further improved digital subtraction angiography, a device (10) for visualizing vascular structures is provided that comprises a data provision unit (12), a data processing module (14), and an output unit (16). The data provision unit is configured to provide a first sequence of non-contrast X-ray images of a region of interest of a patient for use as raw X-ray mask images. The data provision unit is also configured to provide a second sequence of contrast X-ray images of the region of interest of a patient for use as raw X-ray live-images. The processing unit is configured to perform a first spatial subtraction for the first sequence of non-contrast X-ray images resulting in a first sequence of spatial-subtracted mask images. The processing unit is also configured to perform a second spatial subtraction for the second sequence of contrast X-ray images resulting in a second sequence of spatial-subtracted X-ray live-images. The processing unit is further configured to perform a temporal subtraction by subtracting the spatial-subtracted mask images from the spatial-subtracted X-ray live-images resulting in a sequence of spatial-temporal subtracted X-ray live-images. The output unit is configured to output the sequence of spatial-temporal subtracted X-ray live-images.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200093449A1 VISUALIZING VASCULAR STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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