Patent ID: 8512249
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: A61B,A61P,G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for imaging a body-part being perfused with a contrast agent, wherein the method includes the steps of: providing a sequence of input images offering a digital representation over time of the body-part, each input image including a plurality of input values each one indicative of a response to an interrogation signal of a corresponding location of the body-part possibly including the contrast agent; and generating at least one filtered image from a plurality of selected ones of the input images, wherein each filtered image includes a filtered value for each of a plurality of selected ones of the locations, the filtered value of each selected location being indicative of the contrast agent leaving the selected location after being substantially stationary at the selected location for a period of time comprised between a first non-zero threshold and a second threshold higher than the first threshold, the filtered value being obtained by: