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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
May. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Yeu-kuang Hwu, Taipei, TW;
Giorgio Margaritondo, Lausanne, CH;
Jung Ho Je, Pohang, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Images of blood vessels of a body are obtained by injecting a refraction enhancement contrast agent into the blood vessels to increase a difference in refractive indices of the blood vessels and surrounding material. The blood vessels are irradiated with a penetrating radiation, and an image of the blood vessels is generated based on detected radiation. The image has visible edge enhancement features indicating boundaries of the blood vessels.