Device for producing an on-line image of a body part into which a contrasting agent has been introduced
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsGeorge Brock-Fisher, Patrick G. Raffer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a] A device for producing an image of a body part into which a contrasting agent has been introduced, the device including an image detecting device modifying the contrasting agent to provide a modified image, and a processor acquiring and processing the modified image so as to create an image which represents a rate of flow of blood or other fluid in the body part. The device may be an ultrasound imaging device or may be a magnetic resonance imaging device.
Claims38
A device for producing an image of a body part into which a contrasting agent has been introduced, comprising:
- an image detecting device modifying the contrasting agent to provide a modified image;
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- a processor acquiring and processing the modified image so as to create an image which represents a rate of flow of blood in the body part.
A device for producing an image of a body part into which a contrasting agent has been introduced, comprising:
- an image detecting device detecting the contrasting agent in the body part to provide first images over time;
- a processor integrally formed in the device and creating second images which represent a rate of flow of blood in the body part based upon the first images;
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- a display which uses a same interface as that for the image detecting device and the processor, displaying the second images.
A device for producing an image of a body part into which a contrasting agent has been introduced, comprising:
- an image detecting device detecting the contrasting agent in the body part to provide first images over time;
- a processor creating second images which represent a rate of flow of blood in the body part based upon the first images in real time;
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- a display displaying the second images in real time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.