Patent ID: 9220419
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61B,G06T,G16H,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of predicting a probability of an adverse vascular event from plaque vulnerability derived from patient-specific anatomic image data, the method comprising: acquiring anatomical image data of at least part of the patient's vascular system; performing, using a processor, an analysis of forces on a feature of the patient's vascular system derived from the anatomical image data; determining, for each of one or more locations of the patient's vascular system, a feature vector comprising a numerical description of at least one of: the geometry, biophysical hemodynamics, and wall or plaque biomechanical characteristics at that location, based on the analysis of forces on the feature of the patient's vascular system; determining, using a processor, a plaque vulnerability present in the patient's vascular system based on the one or more determined feature vectors; and predicting, using a processor, a probability of an adverse vascular event using the determined plaque vulnerability.