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Patent No.:

US 10388015 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2017

Automated septal defect detection in cardiac computed tomography images

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Chun Lok Wong, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Stephen J. Kenny

Erik Huestis

Foley Hoag LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tom Y Lu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 7/162 (2017.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 7/162 (2017.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G01N 2800/325 (2013.01);
Abstract

Automated detection of septal defects in cardiac computed tomography images is provided. In various embodiments, a blood pool is extracted from a CTA image of a heart. The blood pool is determined to be a left pool. A septal curve of the left pool is extracted. A plurality of features of the septal curve is determined. The heart is classified as having an atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, or no defect based on the plurality of features.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Wong, Chun. (2019). Automated septal defect detection in cardiac computed tomography images (U.S. Patent No. 10388015). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10388015

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