Cardiovascular imaging and functional analysis system
First Claim
1. A cardiovascular screening probe system, comprising:
- a first detection probe;
a first means for measuring cardiovascular fluid flow;
a second detection probe;
a second means for measuring cardiovascular fluid flow; and
means for comparing said cardiovascular flow measured by said first measuring means and said second measuring means.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A Cardiovascular imaging and functional analysis system and method employing a dedicated fast, sensitive, compact and economical imaging gamma camera system that is especially suited for heart imaging and functional analysis. The system uses a dedicated nuclear cardiology small field of view imaging camera, allowing image physiology, while offering inexpensive and portable hardware. In some variations, a basic modular design suitable for cardiac imaging with one of several radionucleide tracers is used. The detector is positioned in close proximity to the chest and heart from several different projections, allowing rapid accumulation of data for first-pass analysis, positron imaging, quantitative stress perfusion, and multi-gated equilibrium pooled blood tests. In one variation, a Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Screening Probe system provides rapid, inexpensive preliminary indication of coronary occlusive disease by measuring the activity of emitted particles from an injected bolus of radioactive tracer.
-
Citations
6 Claims
-
1. A cardiovascular screening probe system, comprising:
-
a first detection probe;
a first means for measuring cardiovascular fluid flow;
a second detection probe;
a second means for measuring cardiovascular fluid flow; and
means for comparing said cardiovascular flow measured by said first measuring means and said second measuring means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
-
6. A cardiovascular imaging system comprising:
-
a single compact position sensitive photomultiplier tube or an array of such tubes;
a scintillator pixellated array;
a matching dedicated light guide positioned between pixellated scintillator array and a photomultiplier or photomultiplier array to deliver digitized radiation information from said scintillator to said photomultiplier tube or photomultiplier array; and
dedicated fast processing algorithm for analyzing and displaying information from the photomultiplier tube or photomultiplier array; and
display means for displaying the processed output of said photomultiplier tube or photomultiplier array.
-
Specification