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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc., London, CA;
Kumaradevan Punithakumar, London, CA;
Shuo Li, London, CA;
Ismail Ben Ayed, London, CA;
Ian Ross, London, CA;
Ali Islam, London, CA;
Richard Rankin, London, CA;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc., London, CA;
Abstract
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to process cardiac images to detect heart motion abnormalities are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes using a filter coefficient based on a plurality of cardiac images to characterize motion of a heart; computing an information-theoretic metric from the filter coefficient; and comparing the information-theoretic metric to a threshold to determine whether the motion of the heart is abnormal.
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