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Identifying types of adipose tissue

US10813600B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Roland Proksa · Hamburg, DE
Heiner Daerr · Hamburg, DE
Daniela Franz · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 13, 2017
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 16, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of an image processing apparatus for identifying a type of adipose body tissue within a subject, based on performing a spectral computed tomography (CT) scan of a region of interest of the subject; and using a combination of different image processing techniques to differentiate between at least two adipose tissue types within the region of interest.

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