Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Quantification analysis of immobilized contrast agent in medical imaging applications
- Patent Title (中): 医学成像应用中固定化造影剂的定量分析
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Application No.: US12811089Application Date: 2008-12-23
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Publication No.: US09072492B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Marcel Arditi , Tristan Messager , Michel Schneider , Peter Frinking
- Applicant: Marcel Arditi , Tristan Messager , Michel Schneider , Peter Frinking
- Applicant Address: CH Manno
- Assignee: BRACCO SUISSE SA
- Current Assignee: BRACCO SUISSE SA
- Current Assignee Address: CH Manno
- Agency: Lane Powell, PC
- Agent Bryan A. Santarelli
- Priority: EP07124133 20071228
- International Application: PCT/EP2008/068247 WO 20081223
- International Announcement: WO2009/083557 WO 20090709
- Main IPC: A61B8/14
- IPC: A61B8/14 ; A61B8/08 ; G06F19/12

Abstract:
An embodiment analyzes a body part of a patient, which patient is perfused with a contrast agent that is capable of circulating within the patient and of being substantially immobilized on a biological target. An embodiment of a corresponding system provides an echo signal that is indicative of a response over time to an interrogation signal of the body part, fits the echo signal with a time model function that models an evolution over time of the contrast agent in the body part, the time model function including a combination of a circulation function that models the circulation of the contrast agent and a decay function that models a decay of the echo signal from the immobilized contrast agent, and estimates at least one kinetics indicator of the contrast agent from the time model function.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110015522A1 QUANTIFICATION ANALYSIS OF IMMOBILIZED CONTRAST AGENT IN MEDICAL IMAGING APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2011-01-20
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