Patent ID: 9672615
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01R,G06T,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for automatically selecting image(s) to produce model(s) for a patient-specific simulation of blood flow, using at least one computer system, the method comprising: receiving one or more images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy; obtaining one or more image properties of the received images using one or more processors of the at least one computer system; obtaining, for a selected one of the received images, an identification of one or more image characteristics of the selected one of the received images, where the one or more image characteristics are associated with an anatomic feature of the patient's anatomy; identifying a type of patient-specific simulation to perform using the received images; receiving, for the type of patient-specific medical simulation using the received images, a selected level of simulation accuracy, precision, or performance; quantifying a minimum image quality to render the received selected level of simulation accuracy, precision, or performance; generating an image assessment based on the quantified minimum image quality, and the one or more image properties or image characteristics; and applying the image assessment to each of the received images to select one or more images to produce one or more models for a patient-specific simulation of blood flow.