- Patent Title: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for processing digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and computed tomography (CT) images for reducing radiation exposure in DSA and CT subjects
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Application No.: US17040037Application Date: 2019-03-22
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Publication No.: US11640682B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Andrew Lateef Abumoussa , Yueh Zenas Lee
- Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Applicant Address: US NC Chapel Hill
- Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Current Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Chapel Hill
- Agency: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2019/023697 WO 20190322
- International Announcement: WO2019/183555 WO 20190926
- Main IPC: G06T11/00
- IPC: G06T11/00 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/00

Abstract:
A method for processing digital subtraction angiography (DSA) or computed tomography (CT) images for reduced radiation exposure to a DSA or CT subject includes receiving, as input, a plurality of captured DSA or CT image frames of a contrast agent flowing through a volume of interest in a subject. The method further includes fitting a mathematical model to measured contrast agent density of individual voxels of the captured DSA or CT image frames to produce a mathematical model of contrast agent flow across the captured DSA or CT image frames. The method further includes sampling the mathematical model of contrast agent flow for the individual voxels to produce reconstructed DSA or CT image frames. The method further includes outputting at least one of the reconstructed CT or DSA image frames.
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IPC分类:
G | 物理 |
G06 | 计算;推算或计数 |
G06T | 一般的图像数据处理或产生 |
G06T11/00 | 2D〔二维〕图像的生成 |