Quantification method of vessel calcification

A method that allows the quantification of the true mass of a calcium fragment located along a vessel is provided. The method is independent of the level of arterial contrast enhancement, does not require protocol-specific or scanner-specific calibration scans, and allows a detailed analysis of calc...

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Hauptverfasser:	RUBIN GEOFFREY D, NAPEL SANDY A, RAMAN BHARGAV, RAMAN RAGHAV
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL IRRADIATION DEVICES NUCLEAR ENGINEERING NUCLEAR PHYSICS PHYSICS PRESENTATION OF DATA RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR X-RAY TECHNIQUE
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Zusammenfassung:	A method that allows the quantification of the true mass of a calcium fragment located along a vessel is provided. The method is independent of the level of arterial contrast enhancement, does not require protocol-specific or scanner-specific calibration scans, and allows a detailed analysis of calcium distribution patterns. For each identified calcium fragment, the average intensity and volume is determined as a function of a plurality of intensity thresholds. Using these determined values brightness volume products are calculated for each of the plurality of intensity thresholds. The mass of a calcium segment is subsequently obtained from the calculated brightness volume products extrapolated at zero intensity and reference calcium parameters. The mass and volume of the calcium fragments could be visualized with respect to a vessel in a computer display.