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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Agfa Healthcare, Vienna, AT;
Vrvis Zentrum Für Virtual Reality Und Visualisierung, Vienna, AT;
Alexey Novikov, Mortsel, BE;
David Major, Mortsel, BE;
Maria Wimmer, Mortsel, BE;
Katja Buehler, Mortsel, BE;
AGFA HEALTHCARE, Vienna, AT;
VRVIS ZENTRUM FUR VIRTUAL REALITY UND VISUALISIERUNG, Vienna, AT;
Abstract
A method, and an according apparatus and system, for analyzing medical images of blood vessels includes the steps of a) classifying a surrounding of at least one vessel represented in at least one medical image by applying a first classifier to the medical image such that the surrounding of the vessel is assigned to one of at least two surrounding classes, and b) segmentation of the at least one vessel dependent on the surrounding class to which the surrounding of the vessel has been assigned. The invention allows for a reliable segmentation and/or shape detection, in particular bifurcation detection, of blood vessels represented in medical images.