Patent ID: 9087370
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A61B,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for flow diverter detection in medical imaging, the method comprising: identifying, with a processor, locations of centerline points of possible flow diverters from x-ray data representing a volume including the flow diverter; calculating a centerline score for each of the possible flow diverters, the centerline score being a function of the location for the respective centerline point; determining, with the processor, directions of centerlines passing through the centerline points for each of the possible flow diverters; calculating a cross-section score for each of the possible flow diverters, the cross-section score being a function of the direction for the respective centerline; selecting a first one of the possible flow diverters as representing the flow diverter, the selecting being a function of the centerline scores and the cross-section scores; and generating an image of the flow diverter from the x-ray data, the flow diverter being the selected first of the possible flow diverters highlighted relative to a background.