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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:
Jul. 04, 2023

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);

Yasu Omi, Tokyo, JP;

Chelsey Amanda Lewis, Waukesha, WI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/007 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4208 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30104 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for adaptive scan control. In one embodiment, a method includes upon a first contrast injection, processing acquired projection data of a subject to measure a contrast signal of the first contrast injection, estimating a time when a venous return to baseline (VRTB) of the first contrast injection is to occur based on the contrast signal, and commanding initiation of a second contrast injection at the estimated time.


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