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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Applicants:
Ute Feuerlein, Erlangen, DE;
Arun Krishnan, Exton, PA (US);
Xiang Sean Zhou, Exton, PA (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 5/7285 (2013.01); A61B 6/541 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for bolus tracking includes acquiring one or more baseline images. One or more trigger regions are automatically established within the baseline images. A bolus is administered. The automatically established trigger regions are monitored for bolus arrival at the one or more trigger regions. Bolus arrival at a volume of interest is forecasted based on the bolus arrival at the one or more trigger regions. A diagnostic scan of the volume of interest is acquired at the forecasted time.