Method for locating and characterizing bifurcations of a cerebral vascular tree, associated methods and devices

Abstract

Technics are known to use vessel bifurcations detection to obtain access to the detection of aneurysms. However, such technics suffer from a relatively poor accuracy. Therefore, the Applicants have developed a specific method for locating and characterizing bifurcations of a cerebral vascular tree based on a graph analysis of a three-dimensional skeleton of the tree. This enables to determine more accurately the vessel bifurcations. Such property can be used advantageously for several applications such as predicting the risk of developing an aneurysm, diagnosing an aneurysm, identifying a therapeutic target, identifying a biomarker or screening a compound.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.