Parametric imaging using digital subtraction angiography. 1986

G J Hunter, and J V Hunter, and N J Brown

Digital subtraction angiography following an injection of iodinated contrast material can regularly produce good quality images. In addition to the conventional anatomical information, the timed sequence of digital images also contains useful temporal information which hitherto has been largely ignored. A simple method of image processing is described which utilises this timing information and presents it as a colour-coded set of functional images. Three parameters MAX, T-MAX and T-1/2 MAX are extracted from time-density curves, analogous to the time-activity curves of Nuclear Medicine, on a pixel-by-pixel basis. These parameters are used as a measure of overall organ perfusion, blood transit time between different vascular compartments, and as an indication of the initial delivery of contrast material to an organ. They have found use in the analysis of myocardial perfusion, before and after pharmacological intervention, and in the examination of the cerebral and renal circulations. The potential advantages of this technique derive from its superior spatial, temporal and contrast resolution.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011856 Radiographic Image Enhancement Improvement in the quality of an x-ray image by use of an intensifying screen, tube, or filter and by optimum exposure techniques. Digital processing methods are often employed. Digital Radiography,Image Enhancement, Radiographic,Radiography, Digital,Enhancement, Radiographic Image,Enhancements, Radiographic Image,Image Enhancements, Radiographic,Radiographic Image Enhancements
D003116 Color The visually perceived property of objects created by absorption or reflection of specific wavelengths of light. Colors
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000792 Angiography Radiography of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium. Arteriography,Angiogram,Angiograms,Angiographies,Arteriographies
D013382 Subtraction Technique Combination or superimposition of two images for demonstrating differences between them (e.g., radiograph with contrast vs. one without, radionuclide images using different radionuclides, radiograph vs. radionuclide image) and in the preparation of audiovisual materials (e.g., offsetting identical images, coloring of vessels in angiograms). Subtraction Technic,Subtraction Technics,Subtraction Techniques,Technic, Subtraction,Technics, Subtraction,Technique, Subtraction,Techniques, Subtraction
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor

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