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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of an image processing apparatus for identifying a type of adipose body tissue within a subject, based on performing a spectral computed tomography (CT) scan of a region of interest of the subject; and using a combination of different image processing techniques to differentiate between at least two adipose tissue types within the region of interest.