Systems and methods for visualizing elongated structures and detecting branches therein
US9159159B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 9, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/41
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to using patients' imaging of a tubular structure to generate a series of maximum intensity projection views of segments of the tubular structure and assembling the views to provide a complete circumferential visualization of the tubular structure. Such views may be used to generate patient-specific models of flow within the tubular structure, predict medical events (e.g. cardiac, pulmonary, respiratory), including plaque rupture and/or myocardial infarction.
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