Method and system for image processing and patient-specific modeling of blood flow
First Claim
1. A method processing images for planning treatment for arterial stenoses, comprising:
- receiving medical image data of at least a patient'"'"'s coronary arteries, wherein the medical image data is non-invasively produced from a computerized tomography scanner;
identifying, using an image processor, a set of stenoses in the patient'"'"'s coronary arteries from the received non-invasively produced medical image data;
generating a plurality of treatment options for the identified set of stenoses, wherein each of the plurality of treatment options corresponds to a simulated stenting configuration in which stenting of one or more of the identified stenoses is simulated; and
calculating, for each of the generated plurality of treatment options, predicted hemodynamic metrics for the identified set of stenoses resulting from the simulated stenting configuration corresponding to that treatment option.
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Abstract
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient'"'"'s heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient'"'"'s heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient'"'"'s heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
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20 Claims
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1. A method processing images for planning treatment for arterial stenoses, comprising:
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receiving medical image data of at least a patient'"'"'s coronary arteries, wherein the medical image data is non-invasively produced from a computerized tomography scanner; identifying, using an image processor, a set of stenoses in the patient'"'"'s coronary arteries from the received non-invasively produced medical image data; generating a plurality of treatment options for the identified set of stenoses, wherein each of the plurality of treatment options corresponds to a simulated stenting configuration in which stenting of one or more of the identified stenoses is simulated; and calculating, for each of the generated plurality of treatment options, predicted hemodynamic metrics for the identified set of stenoses resulting from the simulated stenting configuration corresponding to that treatment option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for processing images for planning treatment for arterial stenotic lesions, the system comprising:
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a data storage device storing instructions for processing images for planning treatment for arterial stenoses; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method including the steps of; receiving medical image data of at least a patient'"'"'s coronary arteries, wherein the medical image data is non-invasively produced from a computerized tomography scanner; identifying, using an image processor, a set of stenoses in the patient'"'"'s coronary arteries from the received non-invasively produced medical image data; generating a plurality of treatment options for the identified set of stenoses, wherein each of the plurality of treatment options corresponds to a simulated stenting configuration in which stenting of one or more of the identified stenoses is simulated; and calculating, for each of the generated plurality of treatment options, predicted hemodynamic metrics for the identified set of stenoses resulting from the simulated stenting configuration corresponding to that generated treatment option. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for processing images for planning treatment for arterial stenoses, the computer program instructions when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving medical image data of at least a patient'"'"'s coronary arteries, wherein the medical image data is non-invasively produced from a computerized tomography scanner; identifying, using an image processor, a set of stenoses in the patient'"'"'s coronary arteries from the received non-invasively produced medical image data; generating a plurality of treatment options for the identified set of stenoses, wherein each of the plurality of treatment options corresponds to a simulated stenting configuration in which stenting of one or more of the identified stenoses is simulated; and calculating, for each of the generated plurality of treatment options, predicted hemodynamic metrics for the identified set of stenoses resulting from the simulated stenting configuration corresponding to that generated treatment option.
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