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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2024
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Rafael Wiemker, Hamburg, DE;
Roberto Buizza, Eindhoven, NL;
Heike Carolus, Hamburg, DE;
Jaap Roger Haartsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Thomas Koehler, Hamburg, DE;
Olivier Pierre Nempont, Suresnes, FR;
Michael Polkey, London, GB;
Joerg Sabczynski, Hamburg, DE;
Alexander Schmidt-Richberg, Hamburg, DE;
Nataly Wieberneit, Hamburg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A medical image processing device includes a display device; and an electronic processor programmed to perform a medical image processing method including receiving a three dimensional (3D) medical image; computing least one 3D derivative image of the 3D medical image; identifying a set of fibers in the 3D medical image by tracing fibrous image features in the at least one 3D derivative image starting from respective seed locations in the least one 3D derivative image; and controlling the display device to display an anatomical representation comprising or derived from the set of fibers.