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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Julian Charles Nolan, Pully, CH;
Matthew John Lawrenson, Bussigny-pres-de-lausanne, CH;
Juergen Weese, Norderstedt, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system and method is provided for generating a finite element (FE) model of an anatomical structure based on a fitted model () of the anatomical structure and association data. A segmentation model () may be provided for segmenting the anatomical structure. Association data may be obtained which associates a segmentation model part () of the segmentation model () with a mesh property, the segmentation model part () representing a pre-determined anatomical region of interest. The segmentation model may be applied to a medical image () of a subject, thereby obtaining a fitted model () providing a segmentation of the anatomical structure (). The finite element model () may then be generated based on the fitted model () and the association data, said generating comprising meshing a finite element model part of the finite element model in accordance with the mesh property, the finite element model part corresponding with the pre-determined anatomical region of interest. Advantageously, this may result in an efficient generation of the FE model needing fewer manual iterations and/or alterations in the model or in the mesh.