Systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking

A computer-implemented method for displaying computed tomography (CT) images and corresponding coronary vessel information including images rendered from the CT images and identification of lumen, vessel walls, and plaque of coronary vessels determined from the CT images by image processing, the method comprising:

• accessing, by a computer system, a set of CT images of coronary vessels of a subject and coronary vessel information associated with the set of CT images, the coronary vessel information including identification of lumen, vessel walls, and plaque of one or more coronary vessels;
• generating and displaying, by the computer system, in a user interface a first panel illustrating at least a portion of a coronary vessel of the subject in a plurality of straightened multiplanar (SMPR) vessel views comprising the coronary vessel information, the plurality of SMPR vessel views adjacently positioned to one another in the first panel, each of the plurality of SMPR vessel views rotationally offset from one another by a predetermined rotational angle along a longitudinal axis of the plurality of SMPR views;
• generating and displaying, by the computer system, in the user interface a second panel showing a cross-sectional view of the portion of the coronary vessel comprising the coronary vessel information, the cross-sectional view generated using the set of CT images, wherein locations along the plurality of SMPR vessel views are associated with a CT image in the set of CT images such that a selection of a particular location along the portion of the coronary vessel in the plurality of SMPR vessel views displays the associated CT image in the cross-sectional view in the second panel;
• receiving, by the computer system, a user input on the user interface indicating a location along the portion of the coronary vessel of the subject in the plurality of SMPR vessel views;
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• in response to the user input, displaying, by the computer system, in the second panel the CT image in the set of CT images that is associated with the location along the portion of the coronary vessel in a cross-sectional view,
• wherein the computer system comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.

A system for displaying computed tomography (CT) images and corresponding coronary vessel information including images rendered from the CT images and identification of lumen, vessel walls, and plaque of coronary vessels determined from the CT images by image processing, the system comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage devices configured to store a plurality of computer executable instructions;
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• one or more hardware computer processors in communication with the one or more computer readable storage devices and configured to execute the plurality of computer executable instructions in order to cause the system to:
• access a set of CT images of coronary vessels of a subject and coronary vessel information associated with the set of CT images, the coronary vessel information including identification of lumen, vessel walls, and plaque of one or more coronary vessels;
• generate and display in a user interface a first panel illustrating at least a portion of a coronary vessel of the subject in a plurality of straightened multiplanar (SMPR) vessel views comprising the coronary vessel information, the plurality of SMPR vessel views adjacently positioned to one another in the first panel, each of the plurality of SMPR vessel views rotationally offset from one another by a predetermined rotational angle along a longitudinal axis of the plurality of SMPR views;
• generate and display in the user interface a second panel showing a cross-sectional view of the portion of the coronary vessel comprising the coronary vessel information, the cross-sectional view generated using the set of CT images, wherein locations along the plurality of SMPR vessel views are associated with a CT image in the set of CT images such that a selection of a particular location along the portion of the coronary vessel in the plurality of SMPR vessel views displays the associated CT image in the cross-sectional view in the second panel;
• receive a user input on the user interface indicating a location along the portion of the coronary vessel of the subject in the plurality of SMPR vessel views;
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• in response to the user input, display in the second panel the CT image in the set of CT images that is associated with the location along the portion of the coronary vessel in a cross-sectional view.