Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Blood flow dynamic analysis apparatus and method, and magnetic resonance imaging system
- Patent Title (中): 血流动力学分析仪器及方法,磁共振成像系统
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Application No.: US12607003Application Date: 2009-10-27
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Publication No.: US08417317B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Kabasawa
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Kabasawa
- Applicant Address: US WI Waukesha
- Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Waukesha
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Priority: JP2008-281511 20081031
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05

Abstract:
A blood flow dynamic analysis apparatus acquires data from a plurality of regions lying in slices set to a subject with a contrast agent injected therein and analyzes blood flow dynamics of the subject, based on the data. The apparatus includes a contrast agent concentration profile generation device for generating profiles each indicative of a temporal change in the concentration of the contrast agent for every said region lying in the slices, a characteristic amount calculation device for calculating the concentrations of the contrast agent in the regions after a bolus of contrast agent has passed through the regions, from the profiles, a histogram generation device for generating a histogram containing the concentrations of the contrast agent in the regions after the bolus of contrast agent has passed through the regions, a region determination device for determining a region in which each vein exists, from the regions, based on the histogram, and a function calculation device for calculating a venous output function, based on a temporal change in the concentration of the contrast agent in the region in which the vein exists.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100113914A1 BLOOD FLOW DYNAMIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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