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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Harvey Klahr, Beachwood, OH (US);
Ekta Dhawal Dharaiya, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Scott Kenneth Pohlman, Willoughby, OH (US);
Randall Peter Luhta, Chardon, OH (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method includes performing a contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan of tissue of interest of a subject, with an imaging system having a radiation source and a detector array, in which a peak contrast enhancement of the tissue of interest, a full range of motion of the tissue of interest, and an entire volume of interest of the tissue of interest are concurrently imaged during a single rotation of the radiation source and the detector array of the imaging system over an entire or a predetermined sub-portion of a breathing cycle.