CPC A61B 5/0261 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 5/029 (2013.01); A61B 5/0275 (2013.01); A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/6826 (2013.01)] | 23 Claims |
1. A method for use in medical imaging for facilitating assessment of microvascular tissue perfusion in a tissue volume of a subject, the method comprising:
after a predetermined amount of a fluorescence agent has been administered to the subject, exciting the fluorescence agent in the tissue volume such that the excited fluorescence agent emits fluorescent light;
acquiring fluorescence image data based on the fluorescent light emitted during blood flow through the tissue volume;
processing the fluorescence image data to compensate for ambient light;
processing the fluorescence image data by suppressing image data corresponding to non-microvascular blood vessels; and
generating an assessment of microvascular tissue perfusion in the tissue volume based at least in part on the processed fluorescence image data.
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