US 2016/0256059 A1 · Method and system for processing of medical images for generating a prognosis of cardiac function

Abstract

A medical diagnostic system includes an image processor to generate a differential frame from two consecutive medical images of the heart based on difference in pixel-by-pixel brightness of the consecutive images. A brightness segmentation image having a plurality of brightness zones is generated based of the differential frame. From the brightness zones, a turbulence index is calculated based on the iso-contour and the area in each brightness zone. The turbulence index is a quantitative representation of a degree of turbulence in the blood flow which can be used to generate a prognosis and/or diagnosis of cardiac function.

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Dependent claims

A medical diagnostic system for a prognostic of cardiac function, comprising:

an image storage device arranged to store medical images of a cardiovascular system, said medical images including consecutive images, the image storage device comprising a plurality of image frames, the image frames arranged to store pixel-by-pixel brightness of the consecutive images;
an image processing module arranged to generate one or more differential frames from the plurality of image frames;
a data processing module configured to provide information indicative of blood flow in the cardiovascular system based at least partly on the differential frames.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application

15/060,970Filed 4 Mar 2016

Priority

4 Mar 2015

Published

8 Sep 2016

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Classification22 codes

A61B 6/504
Specially adapted for specific body parts; specially adapted for specific clinical applications: for diagnosis of blood vessels, e.g. by angiography
A61B 6/503
Specially adapted for specific body parts; specially adapted for specific clinical applications: for diagnosis of the heart
A61B 6/5217
Involving processing of medical diagnostic data: extracting a diagnostic or physiological parameter from medical diagnostic data
A61M 5/007
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning…:…

Method and system for processing of medical images for generating a prognosis of cardiac function

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Method and system for processing of medical images for generating a prognosis of cardiac function

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