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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Drägerwerk Ag & Co. Kgaa, Lübeck, DE;
Inventor:
Yvo Gärber, Breitenfelde, DE;
Assignee:
Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0085 (2013.01); A61B 5/0536 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 8/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10072 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device () for processing data (), which were obtained from a medical device suitable for imaging the lungs or the thorax, particularly an electrical impedance tomography device (), provides improved visualization of a three-dimensional thoracic dimension () of the lungs. A characteristic contour () is determined continuously by continuous reference to a previously determined outer contour () of the lungs as a comparison variable and is outputted, provided and visualized as an output signal ().