CPC A61B 6/504 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/44 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61M 5/007 (2013.01); G01R 33/283 (2013.01); G01R 33/5601 (2013.01)] | 38 Claims |
1. A method for capturing medical images of a body, the body being a human body or a body of an animal, the method comprising:
determining a start time for starting manual contrast administration;
performing a monitoring scan including,
detecting first medical imaging data corresponding to magnetic resonance data or x-ray data,
producing first images of the body based on the magnetic resonance data or the x-ray data, and
detecting a signal level at a defined position in the body from the first images;
computing a first time interval based on a characteristic time interval between the start time for starting the manual contrast administration and a time at which the signal level at the defined position in the body reaches a threshold level;
computing an end time for ending the manual contrast administration such that the end time for ending the manual contrast administration precedes an end of a medical imaging scan of the body by the first time interval;
outputting a first advance signal at a first defined time before the start time for starting manual contrast administration;
outputting a first indication at the start time instructing performance of the manual contrast administration;
performing the medical imaging scan, a timing of at least one of the start time for starting the manual contrast administration, a beginning of the medical imaging scan or the end of the medical imaging scan being based on user-selected points in time, and the user-selected points in time being based on an examination protocol, a contrast agent or a patient characteristic;
outputting a second advance signal after the computing, the second advance signal being a color-coded signal or an audio signal; and
outputting a second indication at the end time for ending the manual contrast administration, the second indication instructing termination of the manual contrast administration, and the second advance signal being output at a second defined time before the second indication is output.
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