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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Marcel Arditi, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Tristan Messager, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Michel Schneider, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Peter Frinking, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Marcel Arditi, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Tristan Messager, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Michel Schneider, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Peter Frinking, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
BRACCO SUISSE SA, Manno, CH;
Abstract
An embodiment analyzes a body part of a patient, which patient is perfused with a contrast agent that is capable of circulating within the patient and of being substantially immobilized on a biological target. An embodiment of a corresponding system provides an echo signal that is indicative of a response over time to an interrogation signal of the body part, fits the echo signal with a time model function that models an evolution over time of the contrast agent in the body part, the time model function including a combination of a circulation function that models the circulation of the contrast agent and a decay function that models a decay of the echo signal from the immobilized contrast agent, and estimates at least one kinetics indicator of the contrast agent from the time model function.