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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Yanling Chi, Singapore, SG;
Liang Zhong, Singapore, SG;
Ru San Tan, Singapore, SG;
Weimin Huang, Singapore, SG;
Jiayin Zhou, Singapore, SG;
Kyaw Kyar Toe, Singapore, SG;
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, Singapore, SG;
SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to an automated method and system for generating a panoramic visualization of a coronary arterial tree of a subject. The method comprises: acquiring an image volume of a thoracic cavity of the subject, the image volume providing a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the thoracic cavity; isolating a coronary structure in the 3D representation by abating one or more other anatomical structures in the thoracic cavity; abating one or more portions of the coronary structure in the 3D representation that attenuate visualization of the coronary arterial tree; generating, by maximum intensity projection (MIP), a plurality of MIP images of the coronary structure from the 3D representation; and compositing the MIP images to generate the panoramic visualization of the coronary arterial tree.