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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Kyung Hwan Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyong Euk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Na Hyup Kang, Seoul, KR;
Sang Wook Kim, Seoul, KR;
Ji Yeon Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/149 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0044 (2013.01); A61B 6/507 (2013.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/149 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining a required blood flow includes obtaining morphological information of a coronary artery in a cardiac image, segmenting the cardiac image into at least one myocardial region based on the morphological information of the coronary artery, and determining a blood flow required for each of the at least one myocardial region.