Patent ID: 6256368
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for producing CT images of a patient's heart suitable for calcification scoring, the heart having a cardiac cycle;said method comprising the steps of:acquiring data representative of a first scout-scanned CT image of physical locations of the patient's body including at least a portion of the patient's heart at phases .phi..sub.1 (L) of the cardiac cycle;acquiring data representative of a second scout-scanned CT image of the physical locations of the patient's body including at least a portion of the patient's heart at phases .phi..sub.2 (L) of the cardiac cycle different from .phi..sub.1 (L); anddetermining a difference image from the acquired data representative of the first scout-scanned CT image and the acquired data representative of the second scout-scanned CT image data.