Detection and characterization of aortic pathologies

A computer program product for characterizing aortic pathologies, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable non-transitory storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive, by a computer, one or more tomograph scan images corresponding to a patient's aorta;
• program instructions to analyze, by the computer, the one or more received tomograph scan images for one or more image features associated with one or more aortic pathologies;
• program instructions to identify, by the computer, one or more image features associated with the one or more aortic pathologies in the one or more analyzed tomograph scan images;
• program instructions to retrieve, by the computer from a database, one or more reference images corresponding to an aortic pathology;
• program instructions to determine, by the computer, an aortic pathology associated with the patient's aorta from among the one or more aortic pathologies based on the identification of the one or more image features and based on a comparison of the analyzed tomograph scan images to the one or more retrieved reference images;
• program instructions to identify, by the computer, at least a portion of the aorta and one or more branch arteries corresponding to the determined aortic pathology.

A computer system for characterizing aortic pathologies, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive, by a computer, one or more tomograph scan images corresponding to a patient's aorta;
• program instructions to analyze, by the computer, the one or more received tomograph scan images for one or more image features associated with one or more aortic pathologies;
• program instructions to identify, by the computer, one or more image features associated with the one or more aortic pathologies in the one or more analyzed tomograph scan images;
• program instructions to retrieve, by the computer from a database, one or more reference images corresponding to an aortic pathology;
• program instructions to determine, by the computer, an aortic pathology associated with the patient's aorta from among the one or more aortic pathologies based on the identification of the one or more image features and based on a comparison of the analyzed tomograph scan images to the one or more retrieved reference images;
• program instructions to identify, by the computer, at least a portion of the aorta and one or more branch arteries corresponding to the determined aortic pathology, wherein the aortic pathologies comprise at least one of an aortic dissection, an abdominal aortic aneurysm, and a thoracic aortic aneurysm.