Patent ID: 8275181

Claim:
A method for performing a high-resolution pharmacokinetic analysis for calculation of tissue parameters for a fast-enhancing tissue, comprising: obtaining mask image data of the fast-enhancing tissue when the fast-enhancing tissue is in a steady state condition; obtaining a time series of image data of the fast-enhancing tissue when a contrast agent is flowing in the fast-enhancing tissue; increasing a spatial resolution of the time series of image data using the mask image data to obtain a time series of increased spatial resolution image data; performing a pharmacokinetic analysis of the increased spatial resolution image data to obtain data including at least one pharmacokinetic parameter that characterizes the fast-enhancing tissue; providing a multi-parameter look-up table derived from a combination of two or more pharmacokinetic parameters; and providing a display including the at least one pharmacokinetic parameter or a parametric image, the parametric image being derived from the multi-parameter look-up table.