Visualization of Dual Energy Computed Tomography Airways Data
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAtilla Peter Kiraly, Benjamin L. Odry, Carol L. Novak
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Abstract
A method for depicting an airway tree of a patient includes: (a) generating an iodine map of the airway tree from dual energy computed tomography (DECT) imaging data acquired from the patient; (b) defining a region of interest of the airway tree from the DECT imaging data; (c) rendering at least a portion of the airway tree based on information derived from the iodine map and the defined region of interest; and (d) displaying a graphical image of at least a portion of the airway tree on a user interface. Systems for depicting an airway tree of a patient are described.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method of depicting an airway tree of a patient, the method comprising:
- generating an iodine map of the airway tree from dual energy computed tomography (DECT) imaging data acquired from the patient;
- defining a region of interest of the airway tree from the DECT imaging data;
- rendering at least a portion of the airway tree based on information derived from the iodine map and the defined region of interest;
- and
- displaying a graphical image of at least a portion of the airway tree on a user interface.
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A system for depicting an airway tree of a patient, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- a non-transitory memory coupled with the processor;
- first logic stored in the non-transitory memory and executable by the processor to cause the processor to generate an iodine map of the airway tree from dual energy computed tomography (DECT) imaging data acquired from the patient;
- second logic stored in the non-transitory memory and executable by the processor to cause the processor to define a region of interest of the airway tree from the DECT imaging data;
- third logic stored in the non-transitory memory and executable by the processor to cause the processor to render at least a portion of the airway tree based on information derived from the iodine map and the defined region of interest;
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- fourth logic stored in the non-transitory memory and executable by the processor to cause the processor to display a graphical image of at least a portion of the airway tree on a user interface.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for depicting an airway tree of a patient, the storage medium comprising instructions for:
- generating an iodine map of the airway tree from dual energy computed tomography (DECT) imaging data acquired from the patient;
- defining a region of interest of the airway tree from the DECT imaging data;
- rendering at least a portion of the airway tree based on information derived from the iodine map and the defined region of interest;
- and
- displaying a graphical image of at least a portion of the airway tree on a user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.