Patent ID: 9576354
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06T,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for imaging a subject heart using an imaging apparatus comprising a processing system and analyzing system, the method including the steps of: (i) using the imaging apparatus to record a set of in vivo imaging data in one or more regions of a lung of the subject; (ii) using the processing system to create a multidimensional heart model from the set of in vivo imaging data, the heart model being a 3D or 4D heart model; (iii) using the analyzing system to reconstruct a multidimensional imaging data set to produce a computer image of the subject heart using the parameters of: (iv) using the analyzing system to derive velocity data and volume change data from the in vivo imaging data and applying the velocity data and volume change data to the heart model in order to image the subject heart.