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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Krishna Subramanyan, Solon, OH (US);
Shalabh Chandra, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
Abstract
Computed tomography (CT) data ( ) is collected for a plurality of slices by a CT scanner ( ). At least a portion of the CT data is reconstructed ( ) to form a volume image ( ) defined by a plurality of two-dimensional image slices. At least one starting point is identified ( ) within a blood vessel imaged in the three-dimensional image volume ( ). The blood vessel is recursively tracked ( ) to form a blood vessel representation ( ).