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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Philipp Bernhardt, Forchheim, DE;
Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
Systems and methods for a good x-ray quality with as low a radiation exposure for a patient as possible. The method provides control settings for recording a series of x-ray images by an x-ray device during a flow of contrast agent through a liquid-filled hollow organ of a patient. The method includes the following steps: selecting a frame rate f, which, with respect to the x-ray device used, contributes to at least 90% of the maximum adjustable frame rate, determining a contrast agent infusion rate R for the hollow organ, which generates a fill level of at least 75% in the hollow organ, using a vessel diameter d of the hollow organ and a flow speed v of the liquid of the hollow organ, determining an infusion duration t which represents a contrast agent bolus length as a function of the selected frame rate f, which infusion duration t generates an overlap of at most 25% between two consecutive x-ray images using the selected frame rate f, providing a first control setting in respect of the selected frame rate f for the x-ray device for recording the series of x-ray images and providing a second control setting in respect of the determined contrast agent infusion rate R and the determined infusion duration t.