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US09198639B2 Detection of immobilized contrast agent in medical imaging applications based on flow dynamics analysis
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基于流动动力学分析的医学成像应用中固定化造影剂的检测
- Patent Title: Detection of immobilized contrast agent in medical imaging applications based on flow dynamics analysis
- Patent Title (中): 基于流动动力学分析的医学成像应用中固定化造影剂的检测
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Application No.: US12084933Application Date: 2006-11-09
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Publication No.: US09198639B2Publication Date: 2015-12-01
- Inventor: Peter Frinking , Marcel Arditi , Nicolas Rognin , Feng Yan
- Applicant: Peter Frinking , Marcel Arditi , Nicolas Rognin , Feng Yan
- Applicant Address: CH Manno
- Assignee: BRACCO SUISSE S.A.
- Current Assignee: BRACCO SUISSE S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Manno
- Agency: Lane Powell PC
- Agent Kevin D. Jablonski
- Priority: EP05110597 20051110
- International Application: PCT/EP2006/068305 WO 20061109
- International Announcement: WO2007/054544 WO 20070518
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B5/05 ; A61B8/08 ; G01S7/52

Abstract:
A system for facilitating the detection of an immobilized contrast agent in medical imaging applications is proposed. The system includes means for providing a sequence of a total number of input images obtained at corresponding acquisition instants by imaging a body-part of a patient subjected to an administration of a contrast agent capable of circulating within the patient and of being substantially immobilized on a biological target, each input image including a plurality of input values each one indicative of a response to an interrogation signal of a corresponding portion of the body-part possibly including said contrast agent, and means for reducing a contribution of the circulating contrast agent within the body-part in at least one selected input image; the means for reducing includes means for creating a filtered image corresponding to each selected input image by replacing a set of input values of the selected input image with a set of corresponding filtered values, each filtered value being representative of the lowest response of the corresponding portion of the body-part in a set of multiple input images including the selected input image, the set of multiple input images consisting of a number of input images lower than the total number.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090253986A1 Detection of Immobilized Contrast Agent in Medical Imaging Applications Based on Flow Dynamics Analysis Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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