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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2019
Applicant:

GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/507 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 11/003 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30104 (2013.01); G06T 2211/404 (2013.01);
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.


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