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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Perspectum Limited, Oxford, GB;
Siddharth Vikal, Oxford, GB;
John Michael Brady, Oxford, GB;
Perspectum Limited, Oxford, GB;
Abstract
A method () and apparatus () for generating quantitative data for biliary tree structures from volumetric medical imaging scan data. The method comprises performing segmentation () of a volume of the medical imaging scan data to identify tubular biliary structures within the volume of the medical imaging scan data; for at least one segmented tubular biliary structure within the volume of the medical imaging scan data, computing () at least one set of quantitative structural parameters for at least one location along the length of the tubular biliary structure; and outputting () quantitative biliary tree data comprising the at least one set of quantitative structural parameters for the at least one segmented tubular biliary structure.