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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Yaron Ostrovsky-berman, Petach-Tikva, IL;
Hadar Porat, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Tiferet A. Gazit, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Oranit Dror, Rishon-LeZion, IL;
Yaron Ostrovsky-Berman, Petach-Tikva, IL;
Hadar Porat, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Tiferet A. Gazit, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Oranit Dror, Rishon-LeZion, IL;
Algotec Systems Ltd., RaAnana, IL;
Abstract
A method of analyzing structure of a network of vessels in a medical image, comprising: receiving the medical image depicting the network of vessels; obtaining a mask of the network of vessels in the image; and generating a non-forest graph mapping a plurality of paths of vessels in the network to directed paths in the graph, with each edge in the graph either directed to indicate a known direction of flow in the corresponding vessel, or undirected to indicate a lack of knowledge of direction of flow in the corresponding vessel, and with all directed edges in a path directed in a same direction as the path.