CONTRAST AGENT-BASED VASCULAR IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20230000454A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17779637

    申请日:2020-11-04

    摘要: Embodiments of the present invention relates to an X-ray contrast agent. The X-ray contrast agent has an X-ray absorption the change of which between at least two different X-ray photon energy levels differs from the change in X-ray absorption of calcium between the at least two different X-ray photon energy level. Embodiments of the present invention also relates to an X-ray imaging method. Embodiments of the present invention additionally relates to an image reconstruction device. Embodiments of the present invention further relates to an X-ray imaging system.

    Method For Actuating A Medical Imaging Device And Medical Imaging Device

    公开(公告)号:US20220192612A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17553899

    申请日:2021-12-17

    IPC分类号: A61B6/12 A61B6/00 A61B6/03

    摘要: A method is for actuating a medical imaging device including a radiation source, embodied during a rotational movement around an axis of rotation to irradiate an irradiation region from a plurality of angular positions. In an embodiment, the method includes capturing an object position of a moving object relative to the irradiation region. The Method further includes actuating the medical imaging device based upon the captured object position of the moving object, such that the intensity of the radiation emitted by the radiation source for a first partial number of the plurality of angular positions in a first angular range round the axis of rotation is reduced relative to a second partial number of the plurality of angular positions in a second angular range around the axis of rotation, he captured object position being included in the first angular range.

    GENERATING CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGE DATA BASED ON MULTI-ENERGY X-RAY IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20170245816A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-31

    申请号:US15428729

    申请日:2017-02-09

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 A61B6/03

    摘要: An X-ray imaging method is for generating contrast-enhanced image data relating to an examination region of an object to be examined. In an embodiment of the method, first contrast-agent influenced measured X-ray projection data with a first X-ray energy spectrum and at least one set of second contrast-agent influenced measured X-ray projection data with a second X-ray energy spectrum are acquired from the examination region. Subsequently, image data assigned to a third X-ray energy spectrum with a third mean energy, based on the first and at least second measured X-ray projection data is reconstructed based on the first and at least second measured X-ray projection data that has been acquired. A mean energy of the first X-ray energy spectrum and a mean energy of the second X-ray energy spectrum are selected as a function of a dimension parameter value of the object that is to be examined.

    METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC BLOOD VALUE, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ELECTRONICALLY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20190325575A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US16386455

    申请日:2019-04-17

    摘要: A method is for determining at least one first characteristic value of blood in a patient. In an embodiment, the method includes acquiring, via a computed tomography device, computed tomography data of the patient for at least two energy levels of radiation using multi-energy computed tomography; defining a region of interest including blood, in at least one image data set reconstructed from the computed tomography data acquired; determining, at least in the region of interest defined, attenuation coefficients for each energy level of the at least two energy levels; performing material decomposition into at least two materials, one material of the two materials being iron, using the attenuation coefficients determined, yielding at least a fraction of iron in the region of interest defined; and determining the at least one first characteristic value, at least one of as and from the fraction of iron yielded.