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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Michael Sarju Vaz, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Nitya Talasila, Aurora, IL (US);
Bradley Gabrielse, Brookfield, WI (US);
Ryan Forbes, Waukesha, WI (US);
David Joseph Pitterle, Waukesha, WI (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for adaptive scan control. In one embodiment, a method includes, upon an injection of a contrast agent, performing a plurality of perfusion acquisitions of a first anatomical region of interest (ROI) of a subject with the imaging system, processing projection data of the first anatomical ROI obtained from the plurality of perfusion acquisitions to measure a contrast signal of the contrast agent, performing a plurality of angiography acquisitions, each angiography acquisition performed at a respective time determined based on the contrast signal, and performing one or more additional perfusion acquisitions between each angiography acquisition.