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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Brian Dale, Morrisville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Brian Dale, Morrisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a concentration of a contrast agent in imaging data includes calculating a pre-contrast attenuation map of a region of interest of a patient. Following an administering of a contrast agent to the patient, a post-contrast attenuation map of the region of interest of the patient is calculated. An increase in attenuation value is determined based on the pre-contrast attenuation map and the post-contrast attenuation map and a contrast agent concentration map is calculated for the region of interest based on the increase in attenuation value.