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Method for imaging lesion and lesion imaging system

  • US 20060235297A1
  • Filed: 03/27/2006
  • Published: 10/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A lesion-imaging method using a system furnished with a syringe through which contrast medium is introduced, a control unit for operating the syringe to control contrast-medium infusion quantity, and a device for capturing images of a lesion area in a patient into whom contrast medium has been infused through the syringe, the method comprising:

  • a step of infusing a small amount of contrast medium from the syringe for a time Tn, and, using the image-capturing device, measuring changes in blood contrast-medium concentration in the patient'"'"'s lesion area;

    a step of summing, over a period Tc, required to infuse a diagnostic-effective amount of contrast medium, data based on the change in blood contrast-medium concentration during the time Tn, to predict contrast effect for the period Tc; and

    a step of displaying the predicted contrast effect and prompting determination of whether to change the contrast-medium infusion conditions.

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