Methods and apparatus for controlling X-ray angiographic image acquisition
US6195450A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2223/612
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Controlling the stepping of an x-ray angiography imaging device (and/or table), and/or providing a visualization aid for stepping an x-ray angiography imaging device (and/or table), to maximize the diagnostic usefulness of images acquired by the x-ray angiography imaging device. The stepping and visualization aid use features, extracted from captured images, of the state of contrast media injected into a patient.
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