Patent ID: 7957570
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of generating an illustration of a cardiac region of interest of an imaged subject, the method comprising acts of: generating a three-dimensional model of cardiac tissue from a plurality of acquired images of the cardiac region of interest; measuring a plurality of values of at least one functional parameter from one or more of the plurality of acquired images of the cardiac region of interest; generating a map of a spatial relation of the plurality of values of the at least one functional parameter in spatial relation to the three-dimensional model of the cardiac tissue; generating a three-dimensional model of a blood vessel structure leading to the cardiac tissue, wherein the act of generating the three-dimensional model of the blood vessel structure includes identifying the blood vessel structure in one or more of the plurality of acquired images, and the three-dimensional model of the blood vessel structure is independent of the three-dimensional model of the cardiac tissue; and generating an output image that includes combining the three-dimensional model of the cardiac tissue, the map of the plurality of values of the at least one functional parameter, and the three-dimensional model of the blood vessel structure in spatial relation to one another relative to a common coordinate system.