Utilizing physiological models to control functional acquisitions

• US 8,086,001 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2006
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Bredno, Joerg, Rose, Georg, Weese, Juergen, Groth, Alexandra, Mollus, Sabine, Wiegert, Jens, Neukirchen, Christoph, Bertram, Matthias
• Primary Examiner(s): ARANA, LOUIS M
• Application Number:
  US12/090,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20080205723A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,908 Days
• Field of Search: 382/128, 382/131, 382/100
• US Class Current: 382/128
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/032 Transmission computed tomography [CT]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/481 involving the use of contrast agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/488 involving pre-scan acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/507 for determination of haemodynamic parameters, e.g. perfusion CT
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/542 involving control of exposure

Abstract

Adaptively controlling an imaging system (200, 205) includes constructing model feature characteristics (105) of a process over time, determining parameters and commands (110) for controlling the imaging system for each state of the process, performing data acquisition (120) for the process, extracting current features (130) of the process from the acquired data, matching (135) the current features (130) with the model feature characteristics (105) to determine a state of the process (140), and controlling the data acquisition based on the state of the process to produce optimized data.

Claims

1. A method for adaptively controlling an imaging system comprising:

constructing model feature characteristics of a process over time;

determining parameters and commands for controlling the imaging system for each state of the process;

performing data acquisition for the process;

extracting current features of the process from the acquired data;

matching the current features with the model feature characteristics to determine a state of the process; and

controlling the data acquisition based on the state of the process to produce optimized data.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein performing data acquisition for the process, extracting current features of the process from the acquired data, matching the current features with the model feature characteristics to determine a state of the process, and controlling the data acquisition based on the state of the process are performed in real time.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein controlling the data acquisition includes specifying at least one of an acquisition start time, an acquisition stop time, an imaging rate, a spatial resolution, and a temporal resolution.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a computer program product having instructions that when executed on one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the method of claim 1.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the model feature characteristics include a volumetric vessel flow, an area perfusion, as pharmaceutical uptake, a change in appearance of a contrast agent.

6. A method for adaptively controlling an imaging system comprising:

constructing model feature characteristics of a process over time;

determining parameters and commands for controlling the imaging system for each state of the process;

performing data acquisition for the process;

extracting current features of the process from the acquired data;

matching the current features with the model feature characteristics to determine a state of the process;

controlling the data acquisition based on the state of the process to produce optimized data and

performing a functional analysis of the optimized data.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising further controlling the data acquisition using results of the functional analysis.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein performing data acquisition for the process, extracting current features of the process from the acquired data, matching the current features with the model feature characteristics to determine a state of the process, and controlling the data acquisition based on the state of the process are performed in real time.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein controlling the data acquisition includes specifying at least one of an acquisition start time, an acquisition stop time, an imaging rate, a spatial resolution, and a temporal resolution.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method of claim 6.

11. A system having a controller operable to perform the method of claim 6.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the model feature characteristics include at least one of a volumetric vessel flow, an area perfusion, a pharmaceutical uptake.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein the model feature characteristics include a change in appearance of a contrast agent.

14. The method of claim 6, wherein the optimized data is provided to different functional analysis algorithms at different times.

15. An adaptively controlled imaging system comprising:

a controller operable to;

store model feature characteristics of a process over time;

store parameters and commands for controlling the imaging system for each state of the process;

perform data acquisition for the process;

extract current features of the process from the acquired data;

match the current features with the model feature characteristics to determine a state of the process; and

control the data acquisition based on the state of the process to produce optimized data.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the controller performs data acquisition for the process, extracts current features of the process from the acquired data, matches the current features with the model feature characteristics to determine a state of the process, and controls the data acquisition based on the state of the process in real time.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the controller controls the data acquisition based on the state of the process by specifying at least one of an acquisition start time, an acquisition stop time, an imaging rate, a spatial resolution, and a temporal resolution.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the controller is operable to perform a functional analysis of the optimized data.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the controller is operable to further control the data acquisition using results of the functional analysis.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the model feature characteristics include a volumetric vessel flow, an area perfusion, as pharmaceutical uptake, a change in appearance of a contrast agent.