Patent ID: 8265224
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. An Angiographic X-ray imaging system, comprising: a detector for, a repository of information associating a plurality of different sets of X-ray imaging device settings with a corresponding plurality of different phases of contrast agent enhanced blood flow in vessels including a first set of settings associated with a first phase and a different second set of settings associated with a different second phase, an individual set of X-ray imaging device settings including an X-ray radiation exposure pulse width and at least one of, an X-ray imaging device for using said detector and said information for automatically adaptively acquiring a sequence of images of said portion of patient anatomy including said invasive instrument in a particular state by sequentially acquiring at least one image in said first phase using said first set of settings and at least one image in said second phase using said second set of settings, in response to detection of a transition between the first and second phases.