A method for time domain filtering using computerized fluoroscopy.

A new computerized fluoroscopy technique for isolating low image contrast, which results during the flow of an intravenously administered bolus of iodinated contrast materials, is proposed. The technique requires the application of one of a family of imaging algorithms which have been designed to isolate time varying image contrast. This family of imaging algorithm is described, as is the way in which each isolates a particular range of temporal frequency components associated with the bolus's flow through various cardiovascular structures. The implementation of these algorithms in real time using appropriate digital recursive filtering techniques is described. The architecture of a dedicated hardwired computerized fluoroscopy apparatus which would incorporate these algorithms is also presented.