Method for evaluating blush in myocardial tissue
US8406860B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30104
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Vessel perfusion and myocardial blush are determined by analyzing fluorescence signals obtained in a static region-of-interest (ROI) in a collection of fluorescence images of myocardial tissue. The blush value is determined from the total intensity of the intensity values of image elements located within the smallest contiguous range of image intensity values containing a predefined fraction of a total measured image intensity of all image elements within the ROI. Vessel (arterial) peak intensity is determined from image elements located within the ROI that have the smallest contiguous range of highest measured image intensity values and contain a predefined fraction of a total measured image intensity of all image elements within the ROI. Cardiac function can be established by comparing the time differential between the time of peak intensity in a blood vessel and that in a region of neighboring myocardial tissue both pre and post procedure.
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