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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2013
Applicant:

Pie Medical Imaging Bv, Maastricht, NL;

Inventors:

Ron Schormans, Heerlen, NL;

Jean-Paul Aben, Limbricht, NL;

Rianne Reinartz, Neerbeek, NL;

Assignee:

PIE MEDICAL IMAGING BV, Maastricht, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20224 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30104 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method for assessing a regurgitant flow through a valve into a moving object from a sequence of consecutive image frames of such object, which images are timely separated by a certain time interval, the method comprising the following steps: a) identifying in the images the object of interest; b) augmenting the images to compensate for protocol intensity variation and/or motion and/or background; c) making a time-analysis of augmented images to obtain time-density curve or curves, wherein time-density curves represent a time-evolution of pixel brightness; d) determining a plurality of parameters related to such time-density curve or curves; e) weighting such parameters to provide indications on the regurgitant flow. A corresponding apparatus and computer program are also disclosed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Schormans, Ron. (2017). Method and apparatus for quantitative measurements on sequences of images, particularly angiographic images (U.S. Patent No. 9576360). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9576360

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