Coronary artery tree imaging system and method
AssigneeGE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGardar Middleton, John Jenkins
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Abstract
A method of generating an image of a coronary artery tree for a patient. The method can include acquiring data from the patient for coronary artery segments and generating a coronary artery tree image including the coronary artery segments. The method can also include accessing coronary artery tree patterns, comparing the coronary artery tree image to the coronary artery tree patterns, and automatically selecting one of the coronary artery tree patterns as a representative coronary artery tree image for the patient. The method can further include measuring lesions and automatically adding the lesion measurements to the coronary artery tree image for the patient.
Claims25
A method of generating an image of a coronary artery tree for a patient, the method comprising:
- acquiring data from the patient for a plurality of coronary artery segments of the coronary artery tree;
- generating a coronary artery tree image including the plurality of coronary artery segments;
- accessing a plurality of coronary artery tree patterns;
- comparing the coronary artery tree image to the plurality of coronary artery tree patterns;
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- automatically selecting one of the plurality of coronary artery tree patterns as the representative coronary artery tree image for the patient.
A method of generating an image of a coronary artery tree for a patient, the method comprising:
- acquiring data from the patient for a plurality of coronary artery segments of the coronary artery tree;
- generating an original coronary artery tree image including the plurality of coronary artery segments;
- acquiring imaging positioning information for at least one of the plurality of coronary artery segments;
- analyzing the imaging positioning information;
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- creating an annotated coronary artery tree image for the patient with the coronary artery tree generation module using the original coronary artery tree image and the imaging positioning information.
A method of generating an image of a coronary artery tree for a patient, the method comprising:
- acquiring data from the patient for a plurality of coronary artery segments of the coronary artery tree;
- generating a coronary artery tree image including the plurality of coronary artery segments;
- detecting a lesion in one of the plurality of coronary artery segments;
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- automatically adding a measurement of the lesion to the coronary artery tree image.
A method of generating an image of a coronary artery tree for a patient, the method comprising:
- generating a coronary artery tree image including a plurality of coronary artery segments using coronary annotation software;
- detecting a lesion in one of the plurality of coronary artery segments using quantitative coronary analysis software;
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- automatically transmitting data between the quantitative coronary analysis software and the coronary annotation software in order to automatically add a measurement of the lesion to the coronary artery tree image.
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