Methods and systems for assessing image quality in modeling of patient anatomic or blood flow characteristics

A method for deciding whether to perform automated evaluation of morphological features of image data of a patient, recorded with a medical image recording device, for preparation of diagnostic findings, the method comprising:

• determining, after recording of the image data, at least one item of input data describing at least one of the patient, one or more characteristic of a recording process used to record the image data, and one or more characteristics of an examination target, the determining including,
• pre-evaluating the image data and the at least one item of input data, to select at least one automated evaluation process of the morphological features to be applied, and
• determining, based on the pre-evaluating of the image data, at least one image quality measure associated with the at least one automated evaluation process of the morphological features, the at least one image quality measure being based on one or more aspects of the morphological features, wherein:
• the at least one automated evaluation process of the morphological features selected is only performed on the at least one image data record in response to the at least one image quality measure meeting a threshold quality requirement;
• and
• the one or more aspects of the morphological features include information associated with at least one of branches of coronary arteries, pulmonary arteries, or a topology of the pulmonary arteries.

A non-transitory electronically readable data carrier storing a computer program, including a set of instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations, including:

• determining, after recording of image data of a patient recorded with a medical image recording device, at least one item of input data describing at least one of the patient, one or more characteristic of a recording process used to record the image data, and one or more characteristics of an examination target, the determining including,
• pre-evaluating the image data and the at least one item of input data, to select at least one automated evaluation process of morphological features to be applied, and
• determining, based on the pre-evaluating of the image data, at least one image quality measure associated with the at least one automated evaluation process of the morphological features, the at least one image quality measure being based on one or more aspects of the morphological features, wherein:
• the at least one automated evaluation process of the morphological features selected is only performed on the at least one image data record in response to the at least one image quality measure meeting a threshold quality requirement;
• and
• the one or more aspects of the morphological features include information associated with at least one of branches of coronary arteries, pulmonary arteries, or a topology of the pulmonary arteries.

A device for deciding whether to perform automated evaluation of morphological features of at least one image data record of a patient recorded with a medical image recording device for preparation of diagnostic findings, comprising:

• at least one computing device, configured to execute machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one computing device, cause the device for automated evaluation to perform operations, including:
• determining, after recording of the image data, at least one item of input data describing at least one of the patient, one or more characteristic of a recording process used to record the image data, and one or more characteristics of an examination target, the determining including,
• pre-evaluating the image data and the at least one item of input data, to select at least one automated evaluation process of the morphological features to be applied, and
• determining, based on the pre-evaluating of the image data, at least one image quality measure associated with the at least one automated evaluation process of the morphological features, the at least one image quality measure being based on one or more aspects of the morphological features, wherein:
• the at least one automated evaluation process of the morphological features selected is only performed on the at least one image data record in response to the at least one image quality measure meeting a threshold quality requirement;
• and
• the one or more aspects of the morphological features include information associated with at least one of branches of coronary arteries, pulmonary arteries, or a topology of the pulmonary arteries.