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Method of selecting a preferred difference image

US4335427A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 1980
Grant dateJun 15, 1982
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2000

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/3205
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a radiographic digital subtraction system utilizing a contrast agent for enhancing a difficult-to-image anatomic region of interest, a method of selecting a superior difference image. The difference image selected represents the differential between a pair of digitized radiographic images selected from a series of such images acquired before and after the contrast appears in the region of interest during a dynamic imaging study.

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