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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Krishna Subramanyan, Solon, OH (US);
Shalabh Chandra, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Scott Kenneth Pohlman, Willoughby, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring parameters preparatory to a stent replacement of an aneurytic blood vessel in a patient ( ) includes a computed tomography (CT) scanner ( ) that acquires image data ( ) corresponding to multiple two-dimensional image slices. A reconstruction processor ( ) reconstructs a three-dimensional image representation ( ) from the image data ( ). A tracking processor ( ) produces a tracked vessel ( ) including at least a centerline ( ) and selected vessel boundaries ( ). A user interface ( ) displays a rendering ( ) of the image representation to an associated user ( ), measures selected vascular parameters corresponding to the stent parameters ( ), and graphically superimposes the measured parameters on the rendering of the image representation ( ).