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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Jan Boese, Eckental, DE;
Yu Deuerling-zheng, Erlangen, DE;
Jan Boese, Eckental, DE;
Yu Deuerling-Zheng, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an evaluation method for mapping the myocardium of a patient, in particular the automated, functional evaluation, for instance the heart perfusion, in angiographic series with the steps: recording a series of angiographic recordings directly after administering a contrast agent to the patient; determining a reference area in an angiographic recording; determining a trend pattern of the contrast agent as a reference curve within the reference area from the series of angiographic recordings; obtaining trend patterns of the contrast agent from all areas of the angiographic recordings; determining the correlation between the trend patterns and the reference curve as a measure for the interrelationship between statistical variables, comparison with stored reference curve; comparison of the correlation coefficient with a threshold value; and reproduction of a marker identifying the myocardium.