Patent ID: 9693830
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,G16H

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating the placement of a prosthetic mitral heart valve in a structure of interest located in the heart of a patient, comprising: acquiring one or more depictions of an anatomical region of interest that includes the structure of interest, wherein each of the one or more depictions shows the structure of interest, the blood pool volume of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) of the patient's heart, or both; designating one or more positions in at least one of the one or more depictions wherein each position corresponds to a respective position in the structure of interest at which the prosthetic valve may be placed; and for each of the one or more designated positions, predicting an amount of blood flow obstruction through the LVOT of the patient's heart that would occur if the prosthetic valve was to be placed at a corresponding position in the structure of interest.