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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Liang Zhong, Singapore, SG;
Ru San Tan, Singapore, SG;
Weimin Huang, Singapore, SG;
Jiayin Zhou, Singapore, SG;
Yuping Duan, Singapore, SG;
Wei Xiong, Singapore, SG;
Yanling Chi, Singapore, SG;
Kyaw Kyar Toe, Singapore, SG;
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, Singapore, SG;
SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method for assessing blood vessel stenosis using image data of a subject is disclosed. The image data represents a vascular structure of the subject. The method comprises: (a) segmenting, from the image data, a vessel segment representing a segment of a blood vessel, (b) obtaining, using the image data, a plurality of two-dimensional images of the vessel segment; said plurality of two-dimensional images representing respective cross-sections of the vessel segment, (c) identifying, for each of the plurality of two-dimensional images, a lumen area comprising lumen pixels representing a lumen of the corresponding cross-section, (d) obtaining a quantitative measure using the lumen areas of successive cross-sections of the vessel segment, and (e) assessing blood vessel stenosis using the quantitative measure. A computer system for performing the above method is disclosed.