Patent ID: 11875459
Assignee: VIDA DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method for analyzing an anatomical structure of a patient, the method comprising:
receiving volumetric scan data representative of three-dimensional features of the anatomical structure, the features comprising branching points, pathways connecting the branching points, and three-dimensional location data of the branching points and the pathways;
mapping the features of the anatomical structure to a node tree diagram, the node tree diagram representing the anatomical structure and having:
a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes representing a branching point in the anatomical structure and the plurality of nodes comprising:
a first root node representing a root branching point in the anatomical structure, and
one or more additional nodes representing one or more additional branching points in the anatomical structure,

one or more branches, each of the one or more branches connecting two of the plurality of nodes, each of the one or more branches representing a pathway between two branching points in the anatomical structure, wherein the plurality of nodes and the one or more branches are arranged with the first root node being located centrally and the additional nodes being positioned a distance from the first root node, the position of the additional nodes being based on:
a pathway distance between the additional branching point and the root branching point, or
the Euclidian distance between the additional branching point and the root branching point; and

a series of concentric orbit rings surrounding the first root node, wherein the series of orbit rings represents one or more anatomical parameters within the anatomical structure and each of the additional nodes is located on one of the concentric orbit rings in the series of concentric orbit rings; and

generating display data representative of the node tree diagram.