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Methods for visualizing heart scar tissue
US9990716B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9990716-B2 |
| Application number | US-201715419197-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2017 |
| Priority date | Feb 1, 2016 |
| Publication date | Jun 5, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2018 |
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In a method for visualization of scar tissue in medical imaging data of a heart, medical imaging data representing a heart myocardium and scar tissue within the heart myocardium are obtained and provided to a computer. The computer deviates the thickness of the myocardium into a number of layers and calculates the presence and distribution of scar tissue within each of the layers. The scar tissue is shown in a visualization of the myocardium; and a user is provided with controls to allow the user to select which of the layers of scar tissue is visualised.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for visual representation of scar tissue in medical image data of a heart, comprising: providing a computer with medical image data comprising a representation of a heart myocardium and scar tissue within the heart myocardium, the representation of said heart myocardium in said medical image data having a thickness; in said computer, dividing said thickness of the representation of the heart myocardium into a plurality of layers; in said computer, calculating a presence and distribution of scar tissue within each of said layers; at a display in communication with said computer, presenting a visual representation of the calculated presence and distribution of scar tissue in the heart myocardium; and via a user interface of said computer, providing user controls that allow a user, via the interface, to select which of said layers of scar tissue is visualized at said display. 2. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising, in said computer, dividing the representation of the heart myocardium into a plurality of layers of equal thickness, with a number of layers in said plurality of layers of equal thickness being dependent on a uniformity of said thickness, with a higher uniformity resulting in a fewer number of layers and a lower uniformity resulting in a higher number of layers. 3. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising, in said computer, dividing the representation of the heart myocardium into a plurality of layers having respective layer of thicknesses defined as equal fractions of the thickness of the heart myocardium as represented in said medical image data. 4. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising providing said computer with image data comprising a representation of the left ventricle, as said heart myocardium, and scar tissue within said left ventricle.
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Magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] · CPC title
Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration G06T7/80) · CPC title
- G06T19/00Primary
Manipulating three-dimensional [3D] models or images for computer graphics · CPC title
- G06T7/0012Primary
Biomedical image inspection · CPC title
Heart; Cardiac · CPC title
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- What does patent US9990716B2 cover?
- In a method for visualization of scar tissue in medical imaging data of a heart, medical imaging data representing a heart myocardium and scar tissue within the heart myocardium are obtained and provided to a computer. The computer deviates the thickness of the myocardium into a number of layers and calculates the presence and distribution of scar tissue within each of the layers. The scar tiss…
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- Siemens Healthcare Gmbh
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- Primary CPC classification G06T19/00. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Tue Jun 05 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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