Method and system for non-invasive assessment of coronary artery disease
US9999361B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 19, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H30/40
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In order to assess coronary artery disease from medical image data, an anatomical model of a coronary artery is generated from the medical image data. A velocity of blood in the coronary artery is estimated based on a spatio-temporal representation of contrast agent propagation in the medical image data. Blood flow is simulated in the anatomical model of the coronary artery using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation using the estimated velocity of the blood in the coronary artery as a boundary condition.
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