Patent ID: 9256933
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06T

Claim Text:
1. A system for determining flow properties of a blood vessel, the system comprising a processing unit for analyzing medical images of cross-sectional views of the blood vessel, where the images are obtained from a medical imaging device, and where the processing unit includes electronic hardware and/or a processor for executing computer program code, the hardware and/or the computer program code being configured for analyzing the images by performing steps of: a) determining a point encircled by a wall of the cross sectional view of the vessel, b) using the encircled point to obtain a closed vessel contour which models the wall of the cross sectional view of the vessel by locating an adaptable closed circular contour that surrounds the encircled point and deforming the adaptable closed contour towards the wall of the cross sectional view of the vessel, for a plurality of the images, where at least two of the plurality of images originate from different locations along a length of the blood vessel, and further configured for analyzing the images by performing steps of: