Patent ID: 11918291
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 10:
11. A computer-implemented method for processing medical images, comprising:
receiving a cardiac image;
receiving a model of a cardiac valve device implant;
segmenting the cardiac image to determine a shape of cardiac anatomy of interest;
determining boundary conditions based on the segmentation;
simulating a pre-implant arterial blood flow metric and/or a pre-implant pressure metric according to the boundary conditions and the segmentation;
virtually implanting the model into the segmented cardiac image;
determining the boundary conditions based on the segmentation with the virtual implanted model;
simulating a post-implant arterial blood flow metric and/or a post-implant pressure metric according to the boundary conditions, the segmentation, and the virtually implanted model; and
predicting an effect of implanting the cardiac valve device implant based on the simulations.