Probabilistic tree tracing and large vessel occlusion detection in medical imaging

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving an input medical image of vessels of a patient;
• means for identifying anatomical landmarks in the input medical image;
• means for determining a centerline of the vessels in the input medical image based on the anatomical landmarks;
• means for generating a probabilistic tree of the vessels based on a probability of fit of the anatomical landmarks and the centerline of the vessels;
• and
• means for outputting the probabilistic tree of the vessels.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an input medical image of vessels of a patient;
• identifying anatomical landmarks in the input medical image;
• determining a centerline of the vessels in the input medical image based on the anatomical landmarks;
• generating a probabilistic tree of the vessels based on a probability of fit of the anatomical landmarks and the centerline of the vessels;
• and
• outputting the probabilistic tree of the vessels.