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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:
Aug. 09, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2016
Applicants:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft;

Inventors:

Thomas Flohr, Uehlfeld, DE;

Gregor Jost, Berlin, DE;

Hubertus Pietsch, Kleinmachnow, DE;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/007 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/486 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); G01R 33/5601 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 6/541 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2230/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for the automatic determination of a contrast agent protocol for a contrast agent-enhanced medical imaging method is described. The method includes an overview recording of a region of interest of an object under examination. In addition, an image recording protocol including a plurality of recording parameters is defined on the basis of the overview recording. Furthermore, recording time points are determined for a plurality of z-positions of the region of interest on the basis of the image recording protocol. In addition, the structures acquired with the overview recording are assigned to the recording time points determined. Finally, a contrast agent protocol including the temporal course of a contrast agent injection curve is defined as a function of the acquired structures and the assigned recording time points. A contrast agent protocol determination device is also described, as well as an imaging medicinal device.


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