Method and system for image processing to determine patient-specific blood flow characteristics
First Claim
1. A method of image processing to determine blood flow through coronary arteries of a patient, comprising:
- receiving a 3D image data set of an anatomy comprising at least one or more coronary arteries and myocardial muscle of the patient;
receiving a perfusion information data set measured from the patient and corresponding to the 3D image data set;
generating a three-dimensional anatomical model depicting the anatomy of the patient'"'"'s coronary arteries and the myocardial muscle, based on the 3D image data set;
subdividing the myocardial muscle into myocardial muscle segments based on which portion of the myocardial muscle is supplied by each of the coronary arteries;
determining the blood flow into the respective myocardial muscle segments from said perfusion information data set, by performing a 3-D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of blood flow using the three-dimensional anatomical model;
determining blood flow characteristics at one or more points of a coronary artery of interest, based on the simulated blood flow into all myocardial muscle segments supplied by said coronary artery;
determining an estimate of fractional flow reserve in said coronary artery of interest using the blood flow characteristics; and
outputting one or more of the determined fractional flow reserve, blood flow characteristics, or the three-dimensional model to an electronic storage medium or display.
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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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1. A method of image processing to determine blood flow through coronary arteries of a patient, comprising:
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receiving a 3D image data set of an anatomy comprising at least one or more coronary arteries and myocardial muscle of the patient; receiving a perfusion information data set measured from the patient and corresponding to the 3D image data set; generating a three-dimensional anatomical model depicting the anatomy of the patient'"'"'s coronary arteries and the myocardial muscle, based on the 3D image data set; subdividing the myocardial muscle into myocardial muscle segments based on which portion of the myocardial muscle is supplied by each of the coronary arteries; determining the blood flow into the respective myocardial muscle segments from said perfusion information data set, by performing a 3-D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of blood flow using the three-dimensional anatomical model; determining blood flow characteristics at one or more points of a coronary artery of interest, based on the simulated blood flow into all myocardial muscle segments supplied by said coronary artery; determining an estimate of fractional flow reserve in said coronary artery of interest using the blood flow characteristics; and outputting one or more of the determined fractional flow reserve, blood flow characteristics, or the three-dimensional model to an electronic storage medium or display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer system for image processing to
determine the blood flow through coronary arteries of a patient, the computer system comprising: -
a digital storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the computer system to perform a method for image processing to determine the blood flow through coronary arteries of a patient; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform the method for image processing to determine the blood flow through coronary arteries of a patient, the method comprising; receiving a 3D image data set of an anatomy comprising at least one or more coronary arteries and myocardial muscle of the patient; receiving a perfusion information data set measured from the patient and corresponding to the 3D image data set; generating a three-dimensional anatomical model depicting the anatomy of the patient'"'"'s coronary arteries and the myocardial muscle, based on the 3D image data set; subdividing the myocardial muscle into myocardial muscle segments based on which portion of the myocardial muscle is supplied by each of the coronary arteries; determining the blood flow into the respective myocardial muscle segments from said perfusion information data set, by performing a 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of blood flow using the three-dimensional anatomical model; determining blood flow characteristics at one or more points of a coronary artery of interest, based on the simulated blood flow into all myocardial muscle segments supplied by said coronary artery; determining an estimate of fractional flow reserve in said coronary artery of interest using the blood flow characteristics; and outputting one or more of the determined fractional flow reserve, blood flow characteristics, or the three-dimensional model to an electronic storage medium or display. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of image processing to determine blood flow through coronary arteries of a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving a 3D image data set of an anatomy comprising at least one or more coronary arteries and myocardial muscle of the patient; receiving a perfusion information data set measured from the patient and corresponding to the 3D image data set; generating a three-dimensional anatomical model depicting the anatomy of the patient'"'"'s coronary arteries and the myocardial muscle, based on the 3D image data set; subdividing the myocardial muscle into myocardial muscle segments based on which portion of the myocardial muscle is supplied by each of the coronary arteries; determining the blood flow into the respective myocardial muscle segments from said perfusion information data set, by performing a 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of blood flow using the three-dimensional anatomical model; determining blood flow characteristics at one or more points of a coronary artery of interest, based on the simulated blood flow into all myocardial muscle segments supplied by said coronary artery; determining an estimate of fractional flow reserve in said coronary artery of interest using the blood flow characteristics; and outputting one or more of the determined fractional flow reserve, blood flow characteristics, or the three-dimensional model to an electronic storage medium or display. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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