Method and apparatus for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel using the contiguous element defined area
US7899516B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30101
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel using an appropriate set of 2-D slice images obtained by scanning the blood vessel, the method comprising: generating a mesh model of the blood vessel using the set of 2-D slice images; conducting finite element stress analysis on the mesh model to calculate the level of stress on different locations on the mesh model; and determining the risk of rupture of the blood vessel based on the calculated levels of stress on different locations on the mesh model.
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