Abstract:
A system (100) for determining flow parameters of a lumen (110) in a hyperemic state induced subsequent to a contrast agent injection (Inj 1) into the lumen in a basal state, is provided. The system comprising one or more processors (120) configured to: determine (S110), based on received angiographic data representing the injected contrast agent and/or received injector data representing the injected contrast agent, a temporal window (TH0, TH1) representing a duration of the induced hyperemic state; and output (S120) a signal (Sh) indicative of the temporal window (TH0, TH1).
Abstract:
The invention refers to an apparatus for monitoring a subject (121) during an imaging procedure, e.g. CT-imaging The apparatus (110) comprises a monitoring image providing unit (111) providing a first monitoring image and a second monitoring image acquired at different support positions, a monitoring position providing unit (112) providing a first monitoring position of a region of interest in the first monitoring image, a support position providing unit (113) providing support position data of the support positions, a position map providing unit (114) providing a position map mapping calibration support positions to calibration monitoring positions, and a region of interest position determination unit (115) determining a position of the region of interest in the second monitoring image based on the first monitoring position, the support position data, and the position map. This allows to determine the position of the region of interest accurately and with low computational effort.
Abstract:
A computing system (118) includes a computer readable storage medium (122) with computer executable instructions (124), including a including a biophysical simulator (126) with a segmentor (202) and a boundary condition determiner (206). The computing system further includes a processor (120) configured to execute the biophysical simulator to compute a fractional flow reserve index with cardiac imaging data and at least one of an adapted coronary tree segmentation and an adapted boundary condition.
Abstract:
A system (IPS) and related method for fractional flow reserve, FFR, simulation. The simulation for a range of FFR values for a vasculature portion is based on a composite transfer function which is combined from a weighted sum of global effect transfer functions he, each representing a distinct physical effect that causes a pressure drop. The weights we are gotten from a previous training phase against pressure pi versus flow rate fi 5 sample measurements associated with respective vasculature geometries. The simulated range of FFR values is visualized in a graphics display (GD) as a function of pressure and flow rate values within respective intervals.
Abstract:
A method for visualization may include: obtaining data of a first perfusion measure of myocardial tissues of a patient; obtaining data of a geometry of a coronary artery of the patient; obtaining data of a second perfusion measure of the coronary artery; obtaining data of a flow impediment measure along the coronary artery based on the data of the second perfusion measure of the coronary artery; and visualizing, on a single image, the first perfusion measure of the myocardial tissues and the coronary artery, the coronary artery being overlaid with the first perfusion measure on the single image, the visualized coronary artery representing the geometry of the coronary artery and the flow impediment measure along the coronary artery.
Abstract:
A device (10) for controlling an image acquisition of a multi-slice computed tomography system (1), MSCT, is disclosed. The device comprises an input (11) for receiving projection image data from the MSCT (1), an output (12) for controlling operation of the MSCT (1) and a processor (13). The processor (13) is adapted for controlling the MSCT to acquire a large volume localizer radiograph, and for defining an organ region in the localizer radiograph that delimits an organ of interest. The processor is adapted for acquiring a large volume helical CT scan of the subject, in which an X-ray cone angle is increased when the organ region in the subject is translated into the examination volume and decreased when the organ region is translated out of the examination volume.
Abstract:
A computing system (118) includes a computer readable storage medium (122) with computer executable instructions (124), including a biophysical simulator (126), and a reference location (128), and a processor (120) configured to the biophysical simulator and simulate a reference FFR value at a predetermined location along a segmented coronary vessel indicated by the reference location. A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer readable instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a computing system, causes the processor to simulate a reference FFR value at a predetermined location along a segmented coronary vessel indicated by a predetermined reference location. A method including simulating a reference FFR value at a predetermined location along a segmented coronary vessel indicated by a predetermined reference location.
Abstract:
A computer-implemented method of measuring a blood flow parameter in a vasculature, is provided. The method includes: analyzing spectral CT projection data to isolate from the spectral CT projection data, contrast agent projection data representing the flow of the injected contrast agent; sampling the contrast agent projection data at one or more regions of interest in the vasculature to provide temporal blood flow data at the one or more regions of interest; and calculating, from the temporal blood flow data, a value of one or more blood flow parameters at the one or more regions of interest.
Abstract:
A system (100) for providing a normalised microcirculatory resistance value for a vessel (110), is provided. The system includes one or more processors (120) configured to: compute (S110) a microcirculatory resistance value for the vessel (110) based on a transit time (TT) taken for an injected bolus to travel between a proximal position (Posa) in the vessel, and a distal position (Posd) in the vessel; and divide (S120) the computed microcirculatory resistance value by a transit length (dT) representing a length of the vessel between the proximal position (Posa) and the distal position (Posd), to provide the normalised microcirculatory resistance value.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a system (10) and related method for planning a tomographic image acquisition of an object to be imaged by a tomographic imaging scanner (20). The system comprises an input (12) for receiving a 3D pre-scan image of the object and a camera system (14) for capturing 3D image information of the object. The system comprises a processor (16) for determining corresponding image features in the camera image and the pre-scan image. The processor determines an image transformation that relates the corresponding image features to each other, such that the object as represented by the pre-scan image can be transformed to the orientation, position and/or deformation of the object represented in the camera image. The processor plans the image acquisition, in which the pre-scan image is used to determine parameters including scan range. An output (18) outputs a signal representative of the determined plan.