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Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2007
Applicants:

Arunabha S. Roy, Banglore, IN;

James Vradenburg Miller, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Paulo Ricardo (Dos Santos) Mendonca, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Rahul Bhotika, Albany, NY (US);

Ajay Gopinath, Karnataka, IN;

Robert Franklin Senzig, Germantown, WI (US);

Wesley David Turner, Rexford, NY (US);

Srikanth Suryanarayanan, Karnataka, IN;

Inventors:

Arunabha S. Roy, Banglore, IN;

James Vradenburg Miller, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Paulo Ricardo (dos Santos) Mendonca, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Rahul Bhotika, Albany, NY (US);

Ajay Gopinath, Karnataka, IN;

Robert Franklin Senzig, Germantown, WI (US);

Wesley David Turner, Rexford, NY (US);

Srikanth Suryanarayanan, Karnataka, IN;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of identifying one or more occlusions in vasculature located in a region of interest, includes extracting vasculature from the region of interest; identifying a subject geometry of the extracted vasculature; and comparing the subject geometry to a predetermined geometry to identify a blockage. A device for identifying one or more occlusions in vasculature located in a region of interest is also presented.


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