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Method for determining a physical property of an object, system, computer readable medium and program element

US9202271B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Irina Awechter-Stehle · Hamburg, DE
Reinhard Kneser · Aachen, DE
Juergen Weese · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2011
Grant date	Dec 1, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30101
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system for determining a physical property of an object, e.g., a diameter value of an anatomical structure, employs local object context information for determining a local physical property of the object. The context information may be a known or determined cross-sectional shape of the object. In one embodiment, a processor may be configured to provide volumetric image information of the object having a three-dimensional structure; determine the physical property of the object along its three-dimensional structure; determine the object context information of the object; and visualize the object context information and the physical property on a display.

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