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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Tobias Klinder, Uelzen, DE;
Rafael Wiemker, Kisdorf, DE;
Udo Van Stevendaal, Ahrensburg, DE;
Holger Schmitt, Luetjensee, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An imaging system () analyzes airways of a patient. The system () includes a hardware phantom () including tubes () representative of airways. The tubes () include different lumen sizes and/or wall thicknesses. The system further includes an imaging scanner () for scanning a region of interest (ROI), including the airways, and the hardware phantom () to create raw image data. At least one processor () is programmed to at least one of: (1) correct measurements of walls of the airways based on measurements of lumen size and/or wall thickness of the tubes () and known lumen size and/or wall thickness of the tubes (); and (2) generate an image of the ROI in which color and/or opacity of the airways are based on a comparison of images or maps of the tubes () and images or maps of the airways. A corresponding method is also provided.