Unique cardiovascular measurements for human identification
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1. A method for generating a cardiovascular measurement for individual identification, wherein the method comprises:
- acquiring multiple imaging modality signals pertaining to cardiac anatomy of a given individual, wherein the cardiac anatomy comprises a left ventricle of a heart;
extracting multiple quantified representation of cardiac anatomy from the a multiple imaging modality signals, wherein the multiple quantified representations comprise (i) a quantified representation of an endocardial lumen of the left ventricle, (ii) a quantified representation of a myocardial wall of the left ventricle, and (iii) a quantified representation of papillary muscles of the left ventricle;
determining a pattern of cardiac anatomy associated with the given individual based on (i) the quantified representation of the endocardial lumen of the left ventricle, (ii) the quantified representation of the myocardial wall of the left ventricle, and (iii) the quantified representation of the papillary muscles of the left ventricle;
defining at least one comparison technique between the pattern of cardiac anatomy associated with the given individual and at least one additional pattern of cardiac anatomy; and
identifying the given individual based on the at least one defined comparison technique.
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A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for generating a cardiovascular measurement for individual identification. The method includes acquiring at least one depiction of cardiac anatomy from an individual, extracting at least one quantified representation of cardiac anatomy from the at least one depiction, defining at least one comparison technique between the at least one quantified representation of cardiac anatomy and at least one additional quantified representation of cardiac anatomy, and identifying the individual based on the at least one defined comparison technique.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for generating a cardiovascular measurement for individual identification, wherein the method comprises:
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acquiring multiple imaging modality signals pertaining to cardiac anatomy of a given individual, wherein the cardiac anatomy comprises a left ventricle of a heart; extracting multiple quantified representation of cardiac anatomy from the a multiple imaging modality signals, wherein the multiple quantified representations comprise (i) a quantified representation of an endocardial lumen of the left ventricle, (ii) a quantified representation of a myocardial wall of the left ventricle, and (iii) a quantified representation of papillary muscles of the left ventricle; determining a pattern of cardiac anatomy associated with the given individual based on (i) the quantified representation of the endocardial lumen of the left ventricle, (ii) the quantified representation of the myocardial wall of the left ventricle, and (iii) the quantified representation of the papillary muscles of the left ventricle; defining at least one comparison technique between the pattern of cardiac anatomy associated with the given individual and at least one additional pattern of cardiac anatomy; and identifying the given individual based on the at least one defined comparison technique. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions tangibly embodied thereon which, when implemented, cause a computer to carry out a plurality of method steps comprising:
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acquiring multiple imaging modality signals pertaining to cardiac anatomy of a given individual, wherein the cardiac anatomy comprises a left ventricle of a heart; extracting multiple quantified representation of cardiac anatomy from the multiple imaging modality signals, wherein the multiple quantified representations comprise (i) a quantified representation of an endocardial lumen of the left ventricle, (ii) a quantified representation of a myocardial wall of the left ventricle, and (iii) a quantified representation of papillary muscles of the left ventricle; determining a pattern of cardiac anatomy associated with the given individual based on (i) the quantified representation of the endocardial lumen of the left ventricle, (ii) the quantified representation of the myocardial wall of the left ventricle, and (iii) the quantified representation of the papillary muscles of the left ventricle; defining at least one comparison technique between the pattern of cardiac anatomy associated with the given individual and at least one additional pattern of cardiac anatomy; and identifying the given individual based on the at least one defined comparison technique. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for generating a cardiovascular measurement for individual identification, comprising:
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at least one distinct software module, each distinct software module being embodied on a tangible computer-readable medium; a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative for; acquiring multiple imaging modality signals pertaining to cardiac anatomy of a given individual, wherein the cardiac anatomy comprises a left ventricle of a heart; extracting multiple quantified representation of cardiac anatomy from the multiple imaging modality signals, wherein the multiple quantified representations comprise (i) a quantified representation of an endocardial lumen of the left ventricle, (ii) a quantified representation of a myocardial wall of the left ventricle, and (iii) a quantified representation of papillary muscles of the left ventricle; determining a pattern of cardiac anatomy associated with the given individual based on (i) the quantified representation of the endocardial lumen of the left ventricle, (ii) the quantified representation of the myocardial wall of the left ventricle, and (iii) the quantified representation of the papillary muscles of the left ventricle; defining at least one comparison technique between the pattern of cardiac anatomy associated with the given individual and at least one additional pattern of cardiac anatomy; and identifying the given individual based on the at least one defined comparison technique. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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