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Method for analyzing a tube system

US10719980B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Sabine Mollus · Jülich, DE
Joerg Bredno · San Francisco, US
Juergen Weese · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE
Drazenko Babic · Best, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2009
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 2, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16H50/50
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of analyzing a tube system in particular by image processing of images of the tube system is provided by the present invention. In order to achieve a simulation of a medium flow through a calculated tube model, the present invention gathers a tube model from a specific tube data set. By defining the necessary parameters of a virtual injection of the medium by the user, the medium flows through the model. Using this displayed simulation for generating at least two images leads to an artificial image sequence that might support a person, which wants to examine a real structure, that corresponds to the calculated model. This might be seen in.

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