Patent ID: 11915361
Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
obtain measurement information associated with a parameter of a voxel of an image of tissue of a patient, wherein the measurement information is measured at two or more time points to provide first measurement information associated with the parameter of the voxel at a first time point of the two or more time points and second measurement information associated with the parameter of the voxel at a second time point of the two or more time points, wherein the two or more time points occur before one or more tissue characteristics are separable or discernible in another image generated based on the parameter of the voxel measured at a time point, and wherein the one or more tissue characteristics comprise:
a concentration of contrast agent in arteries;
a concentration of contrast agent in veins;
a concentration of contrast agent in cells;
a summed enhancement of a concentration of contrast agent in arteries, veins, and cells;
one or more pharmacokinetic parameters associated with contrast agent movement through tissue spaces; or
any combination thereof; and

determine one or more characteristics of the voxel of the image of tissue based on the first measurement information associated with the parameter of the voxel at the first time point, the second measurement information associated with the parameter of the voxel at the second time point, and a desired rate and/or plateau level of a concentration of a contrast agent delivered to the patient.