Method for forecasting the contrast medium flow in a living body
First Claim
1. A method for forecasting the contrast medium flow in a living body, comprising:
- injecting a defined test bolus with a contrast medium into the body;
observing and determining a time concentration profile of the contrast medium over a limited time period with a number of measuring instants at at least one location in the body with the aid of a tomographic method;
forecasting a time profile of the contrast medium concentration of another contrast medium dose from the measured data obtained via the distribution of the contrast medium, with the aid of a linear cause/effect formulation; and
using the following calculation formula for forecasting the time concentration profile {tilde over (c)}R(t) of the contrast medium at at least one of the previously measured locations of the body;
{tilde over (c)}R(t+t0T−
nΔ
T−
t′
) corresponds to the concentration displaced from the instant t to the instant t+t0T−
nΔ
T−
t′
, FT corresponds to the flow rate of the contrast medium of the test bolus, b′
R(t′
) corresponds to the time derivative of the profile of the contrast medium bolus administered, t corresponds to the forecast instant, and t′
corresponds to the integration variable.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for forecasting the contrast medium flow in a living body, in particular in a patient, in which a defined test bolus with a contrast medium is injected, preferably intravenously and with a known injection flow profile, into the body, preferably into a blood vessel. The time concentration profile of the contrast medium is observed and determined over a limited time period with a number of measuring instants at at least one location in the body with the aid of a tomographic method. The time profile of the contrast medium concentration of another contrast medium dose is forecast with the aid of a linear cause/effect formulation from the measured data obtained via the distribution of the contrast medium. The following calculation formula is then used for forecasting the time concentration profile {tilde over (c)}R(t) of the contrast medium at at least one of the previously measured locations of the body:
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1. A method for forecasting the contrast medium flow in a living body, comprising:
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injecting a defined test bolus with a contrast medium into the body;
observing and determining a time concentration profile of the contrast medium over a limited time period with a number of measuring instants at at least one location in the body with the aid of a tomographic method;
forecasting a time profile of the contrast medium concentration of another contrast medium dose from the measured data obtained via the distribution of the contrast medium, with the aid of a linear cause/effect formulation; and
using the following calculation formula for forecasting the time concentration profile {tilde over (c)}R(t) of the contrast medium at at least one of the previously measured locations of the body;
{tilde over (c)}R(t+t0T−
nΔ
T−
t′
) corresponds to the concentration displaced from the instant t to the instant t+t0T−
nΔ
T−
t′
,FT corresponds to the flow rate of the contrast medium of the test bolus, b′
R(t′
) corresponds to the time derivative of the profile of the contrast medium bolus administered,t corresponds to the forecast instant, and t′
corresponds to the integration variable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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