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Determining regions of hyperdense lung tissue in an image of a lung

US11348229B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Rafael Wiemker · Kisdorf, DE
Axel Saalbach · Hamburg, DE
Jens Von Berg · Hamburg, DE
TOM BROSCH · Hamburg, DE
TIM PHILIPP HARDER · Ahrensburg, DE
Fabian Wenzel · Hamburg, DE
Christopher Stephen Hall · Kirkland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	May 31, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 14, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V2201/032
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a computer-implemented method and system (100) for determining regions of hyperdense lung parenchyma in an image of a lung. The system (100) comprises a memory (106) comprising instruction data representing a set of instructions and a processor (102) configured to communicate with the memory and to execute the set of instructions. The set of instructions, when executed by the processor (102), cause the processor (102) to locate a vessel in the image, determine a density of lung parenchyma in a region of the image that neighbours the located vessel, and determine whether the region of the image comprises hyperdense lung parenchyma based on the determined density, hyperdense lung parenchyma having a density greater than −800 HU.

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