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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Cristian Lorenz, Hamburg, DE;
Tobias Klinder, Uelzen, DE;
Holger Schmitt, Luetjensee, DE;
Hannes Nickisch, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system () for segmenting a coronary artery vessel tree () of a patient heart in a three dimensional (3D) cardiac image () includes a coronary volume definition unit () and a coronary artery segmentation unit (). The coronary volume definition unit () sets a spatial boundary () from internal and external surfaces of heart tissues in the 3D cardiac image based on a fitted heart model (). The coronary artery segmentation unit () segments the coronary artery vessel tree () in the 3D cardiac image using a segmentation algorithm with a search space limited by the spatial boundary set from the internal and external surfaces of the heart tissues.