Method and device for recording a vascular struture during intervention
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorRaoul Florent
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Abstract
Method and device for recording a vascular structure during intervention comprises steps or elements for detecting S1 an injection of a contrast agent 6 provided to the vicinity of a device landmark 5, monitoring S3 for a predetermined time the vicinity of the device landmark 5, generating S3a time-contrast curves based on the monitored vicinity of the device landmark 5, analyzing S4a the time-contrast curves, and determining S4b a best instant as a visibility optimum based on the time-contrast curves.
Claims16
Method for recording a vascular structure during intervention, comprising
- detecting (S1) an injection of a contrast agent (6) provided to the vicinity of a device landmark (5);
- monitoring (S3) for a predetermined time the vicinity of the device landmark (5);
- generating (S3a) time-contrast curves based on the monitored vicinity of the device landmark (5);
- analyzing (S4a) the time-contrast curves;
- and
- determining (S4b) a best instant as a visibility optimum based on the time-contrast curves.
Device for recording a vascular structure (3, 4) during intervention, comprising
- a detecting unit (21) adapted to detect an injection of a contrast agent provided to the vicinity of a device landmark;
- a monitoring unit (22) adapted to monitor for a predetermined time the vicinity of the device landmark;
- a generating unit (23) adapted to generate time contrast curves based on the monitored vicinity of the device landmark;
- an analyzing unit (24) adapted to analyze the time contrast curves;
- and
- a determining unit (25) adapted to determine a best instant as a visibility optimum based on the time contrast curves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.