Automated methods and systems for vascular plaque detection and analysis
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1. An automated method of assessing a degree of atherosclerosis in at least a portion of a patient'"'"'s vasculature, comprising computationally processing processable data from at least one cross section of at least one blood vessel of a patient'"'"'s vasculature derived from a medical imaging system to determine if the blood vessel comprises at least one tissue correlated with the presence of plaque, thereby assessing the degree of atherosclerosis in at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s vasculature.
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Abstract
Automated methods and systems for the detection and analysis of plaque in one or more regions of a patient'"'"'s vasculature are described.
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- 1. An automated method of assessing a degree of atherosclerosis in at least a portion of a patient'"'"'s vasculature, comprising computationally processing processable data from at least one cross section of at least one blood vessel of a patient'"'"'s vasculature derived from a medical imaging system to determine if the blood vessel comprises at least one tissue correlated with the presence of plaque, thereby assessing the degree of atherosclerosis in at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s vasculature.
- 2. An automated method of determining whether a blood vessel of a patient'"'"'s vasculature contains plaque, comprising computationally processing processable data from at least one cross section of a blood vessel of a patient'"'"'s vasculature derived from a medical imaging system to determine if the blood vessel comprises at least one tissue correlated with the presence of plaque, in which event the blood vessel is determined to contain plaque.
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35. An automated method for analyzing patient data obtained using a medical imaging system to determine whether a blood vessel of the patient contains plaque, comprising:
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a. obtaining processable data of at least one cross section of a blood vessel of a patient'"'"'s vasculature, wherein the processable data are derived from raw data collected using a medical imaging system;
b. communicating the processable data to a computer configured to receive and computationally process the processable data to determine whether the blood vessel in the region of the cross section(s) comprises at least one tissue correlated with the presence of plaque, in which event the blood vessel is determined to contain plaque; and
C. using the computer to computationally process the processable data and determine whether the blood vessel contains plaque. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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