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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2015
Universite DE Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FR;
Institut National DE LA Santé ET DE LA Recherche Médicale, Paris, FR;
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire DE Bordeaux, Talence, FR;
Hubert Cochet, Bordeaux, FR;
Pierre Jais, St Médard en Jalles, FR;
UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, Bordeaux, FR;
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE, Paris, FR;
CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE BORDEAUX, Talence, FR;
Abstract
A method for quantifying the presence of fats in a region of the heart includes an acquisition of an image of at least one cavity of the heart and of a wall; a selection of at least one pixel of a section through the heart including a density of pixels included in a first range of values; a growth in the selection of at least one pixel so as to define an extended 3D zone delimited by the cavity; an operation of homogeneous dilation of the extended 3D zone making it possible to define a dilated volume; an operation of extracting a peripheral region arising from the subtraction between the dilated volume and the extended 3D zone; a quantification of the number of pixels of a second range of values within the peripheral region.