Systems and methods for flow rate compensated acquisition parameters for medical imaging

US10349909B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Darin Robert Okerlund · Muskego, US
• Mark Vincent Profio · Elm Grove, US
• Christine Carol Hammond · Waukesha, US
• John I. Jackson · Menlo Park, US
• Judy Marie Graney · Mukwonago, US
• Chelsey Lewis · Waukesha, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H50/30
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that acquire image data of a first location of a region of interest (ROI) when located in a field of view of a medical imaging system as a contrast material injected into the ROI passes through the first location. The systems and methods further determine from the image data of the first location when a first contrast metric is reached, and after determining the image data of the first location, position the second location of the ROI in the field of view of the medical imaging system. The systems and methods further acquire image data of the second location as the contrast material passes through the second location, and determine from the image data of the second location when the contrast material reaches a second contrast metric.