System for generating, evaluating and distributing computer-tomographical 4D representations of the heart of a patient
First Claim
1. A system for generating, evaluating and distributing computer-tomographical 4D representations of the heart of a patient, comprising:
- at least one workstation configured to perform an evaluation of the patient; and
a CT appliance including at least one beam source, at least one detector, and a control and computation unit connected to the at least one workstation via a network,the at least one beam source configured to move on a spiral path around the patient,the at least one detector configured to detect absorption of radiation from the beam source,the control and computation unit configured tocontrol the CT appliance,reconstruct the computer-tomographical 4D representation of the motion of the heart,perform a first low-resolution reconstruction of the cardio recordings in a multiplicity of cycle phases of the cardiac cycle,perform volume rendering of these cardio recordings for 3D representation and examination of the clarity of motion in the representation in the individual cycle phases,select one or two cycle phases with a relatively reduced lack of clarity of motion,reconstruct high-resolution representations of the heart for the selected one or two cycle phases, andtransmit only the high-resolution representations of the selected cycle phases with a relatively reduced lack of clarity of motion to the at least one workstation as still images.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for generating, evaluating and distributing computer-tomographical 4D representations of the heart of a patient. The system includes a cardio CT appliance, where a first low-resolution reconstruction of cardio recordings in a multiplicity of cycle phases of the cardiac cycle and subsequent volume rendering of these cardio recordings for 3D representation and examination of the clarity of motion of the representation in the individual cycle phases are performed. This representation is used to select one or two cycle phases with a relatively reduced or even minimal lack of clarity of motion. High-resolution representations of the heart are reconstructed for these selected one or two cycle phases, with the computation and control unit transmitting only the high-resolution representations of the selected cycle phases with a relatively reduced lack of clarity of motion to the at least one workstation as still images, and the workstation being used to perform the evaluation.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for generating, evaluating and distributing computer-tomographical 4D representations of the heart of a patient, comprising:
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at least one workstation configured to perform an evaluation of the patient; and a CT appliance including at least one beam source, at least one detector, and a control and computation unit connected to the at least one workstation via a network, the at least one beam source configured to move on a spiral path around the patient, the at least one detector configured to detect absorption of radiation from the beam source, the control and computation unit configured to control the CT appliance, reconstruct the computer-tomographical 4D representation of the motion of the heart, perform a first low-resolution reconstruction of the cardio recordings in a multiplicity of cycle phases of the cardiac cycle, perform volume rendering of these cardio recordings for 3D representation and examination of the clarity of motion in the representation in the individual cycle phases, select one or two cycle phases with a relatively reduced lack of clarity of motion, reconstruct high-resolution representations of the heart for the selected one or two cycle phases, and transmit only the high-resolution representations of the selected cycle phases with a relatively reduced lack of clarity of motion to the at least one workstation as still images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for generating, evaluating and distributing computer-tomographical 4D representations of the heart of a patient, comprising:
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means for detecting absorption of radiation coming from a beam source; means for performing a first low-resolution reconstruction of the cardio recordings in a multiplicity of cycle phases of the cardiac cycle;
means for a subsequent volume rendering of these cardio recordings for 3D representation and examination of the clarity of motion in the representation in the individual cycle phases;means for using the representation to select one or two cycle phases with a relatively reduced lack of clarity of motion, with high-resolution representations of the heart being reconstructed for these selected one or two cycle phases; and means for transmitting only the high-resolution representations of the selected cycle phases with a relatively reduced lack of clarity of motion to the at least one workstation as still images. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A computer readable medium storing executable instruction, which when executed by a control and computation unit, causes the control and computation unit to perform a method comprising:
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performing a first low-resolution reconstruction of cardio recordings in a multiplicity of cycle phases of the cardiac cycle; subsequent volume rendering of the cardio recordings for 3D representation and examination of the clarity of motion in the representation in the individual cycle phases; using the 3D representation to select one or two cycle phases with a relatively reduced lack of clarity of motion, with high-resolution representations of the heart being reconstructed for these selected one or two cycle phases; and transmitting only the high-resolution representations of the selected cycle phases with a relatively reduced lack of clarity of motion to at least one workstation over a network as still images.
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