Method and system for double contrast perfusion imaging
AssigneesSiemens Healthcare GmbH, King's College London
InventorsGiulio Ferrazzi, Amedeo Chiribiri, Karl-Philipp Kunze, Sarah McElroy, Radhouene Neji, Sebastien Roujol
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Abstract
The present techniques relate to a techniques for performing cardiac perfusion imaging in order to detect perfusion defects in the myocardium. The present techniques relate to methods for performing cardiac perfusion imaging by performing at least two image acquisitions using different, customizable saturation delay times, which improves the ability to detect defects.
Claims12
A method for cardiac perfusion imaging of a heart, comprising:
- applying, via one or more processors, at least two saturation pulses during a cardiac cycle;
- and
- performing, via one or more processors, at least two image acquisitions, each of the at least two image acquisitions occurring after (i) one of the at least two saturation pulses, and (ii) a different saturation time delay,
- wherein performing the at least two image acquisitions comprises simultaneously exciting at least two different slice locations in the heart and simultaneously obtaining at least two image slices.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor control code stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a system, causes the system to perform cardiac perfusion imaging of a heart by:
- applying at least two saturation pulses during a cardiac cycle;
- and
- performing at least two image acquisitions, each of the at least two image acquisitions occurring after (i) one of the at least two saturation pulses, and (ii) a different saturation time delay,
- wherein performing the at least two image acquisitions comprises simultaneously exciting at least two different slice locations in the heart and simultaneously obtaining at least two image slices.
An image capture system for cardiac perfusion imaging of a heart, the system comprising:
- an image capture device configured to capture images by:
- applying at least two saturation pulses during a cardiac cycle;
- and
- performing at least two image acquisitions, each of the at least two image acquisitions occurring after (i) one of the at least two saturation pulses, and (ii) a different saturation time delay, the at least two image acquisitions being performed by simultaneously exciting at least two different slice locations in the heart and simultaneously obtaining at least two image slices;
- and
- a user interface configured to display the at least two image slices captured by the image capture device.
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