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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2004
Romain Moreau-gobard, Princeton, NJ (US);
Charles Florin, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Romain Moreau-Gobard, Princeton, NJ (US);
Charles Florin, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A novel method is presented for detecting coronary arteries as well as other peripheral vessels of the heart. After finding the location of the myocardium through a segmentation method, such as a graph theoretic segmentation method, the method models the heart with a biaxial ellipsoid. For each point of the ellipsoid, a collection of intensities are computed that are normal to the surface. This collection is then filtered to detect the cardiovascular structures. Ultimately, vessel centerline points are detected using a vessel tracking method, and linked together to form a complete coronary artery tree.
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