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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2013
Arizona Board of Regents, for and on Behalf Of, Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Jianming Liang, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Nima Tajbakhsh, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Wenzhe Xue, Chandler, AZ (US);
Hong Wu, Tempe, AZ (US);
Eileen McMahon, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Marek Belohlavek, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
The Arizona Board of Regents, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
Receiving a plurality of images of a first wall of the patient's heart, the plurality including a first image captured at a time ij and a second image captured at a time t, determining, based on the plurality of images, a first characteristic of movement of at least a wall portion of the first wall during a time period spanning time tand time t, the first characteristic of movement being determined by using one or more image processing techniques, and the first, characteristic of movement being based on at least one of: (i) a shape of the wall portion in the first image and a shape of the wall portion in the second image, and (ii) a location of the wall portion in the first image and a location of the wall portion in the second image: and outputting an indication of the first characteristic of movement.