Patent ID: 11861831
Assignee: HEARTFLOW, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  Y | IPC A  G

Claim 13:
14. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the feature vectors of f) represents variation in a characteristic of interest over myocardial voxels; and/or
the feature vectors of f) are derived from factors representing a characteristic of interest over multiple segments of the myocardium of the heart; and/or
the feature vectors of f) include additional information selected from the group consisting of: i) information that characterizes global features of the myocardium of the heart, ii) patient demographic information, iii) information that characterizes a presence or amount or type of coronary artery calcification or plaque, iv) information characterizing tissue composition or tissue type or contrast agent, v) information characterizing myocardium layering or myocardium layer, vi) information characterizing an ECG signal parameter, vii) information pertaining to a cardiac biomarker in blood such as cardiac troponin or creatine kinase, viii) information that characterizes fat surrounding the heart or inside the heart, ix) information that characterizes shape of the myocardium, x) information that characterizes myocardial strain, xi) information that characterizes blood volume or blood pressure, xii) information that characterizes cardiac output, and xiii) information that characterizes parts of the heart, ascending aortic or coronary tree.