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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2024
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Shaheen Azim Dewji, Atlanta, GA (US);
Mauricio Eduardo Tano Retamales, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ignacio Rodrigo Bartol, Atlanta, GA (US);
Martin Graffigna Palomba, Atlanta, GA (US);
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for modeling a human respiratory tract. The method includes receiving a number of images, wherein each of the number of images include at least a portion of a human respiratory tract, generating, based on the number of images, a 3D model of at least a portion of the human respiratory tract, wherein the 3D model includes an uncapped endpoint of the human respiratory tract, and automatically capping the endpoint within the 3D model by identifying, using a computer-implemented algorithm, the endpoint of the human respiratory tract within the 3D model, generating a 3D model of a shape, aligning the 3D model of the shape with the endpoint by positioning a center of the 3D model of the shape at a centroid corresponding to the endpoint, and merging the 3D model of the shape with the 3D model.