The invention relates to an X-ray imaging device for visualizing the blood
flow in a coronary vascular tree of a patient. According to the invention
a first set (1) of X-ray projection images of the vascular tree is
recorded during various phases of the heart cycle with simultaneous
recording of the ECG (2) of the patient. By means of a suitable program
control, computer means (17) of the device according to the invention a
reconstruction then follows of the three-dimensional structure of the
vascular tree during the various phases of the heart cycle. The invention
proposes, to determine the time-dependent concentration of contrast agent
within the reconstructed three-dimensional structure of the vascular
tree, that local image areas within the X-ray projection images of the
second set (6) assigned to individual vascular segments (5, 8) are
located in accordance with the spatial positions of the vascular segments
(5, 8) in the relevant phase of the heart cycle. The concentration of
contrast agent in the area of the vascular segments (5, 8) is then
determined by evaluation of the X-ray absorption within the local image
areas found.