Patent ID: 7742629

Claim:
A method for three-dimensional reconstruction (3DR) of a single tubular organ using a plurality of two-dimensional images comprising: displaying on a display a first image of a vascular network, the first image captured by an imaging system; receiving input for identifying on the first image a vessel of interest; tracing the edges of the vessel of interest in the first image including eliminating false edges of objects visually adjacent to the vessel of interest; determining substantially precise radius and densitometry values along the vessel of interest in the first image; displaying on a display at least a second image of the vascular network, the second image captured by the imaging system; receiving input for identifying on the second image the vessel of interest; tracing the edges of the vessel of interest in the second image, including eliminating false edges of objects visually adjacent to the vessel of interest; determining substantially precise radius and densitometry values along the vessel of interest in the second image; determining a three dimensional reconstruction of the vessel of interest from the edges of the vessel of interest as traced from the first image and from the second image; and determining fused area measurements along the vessel from the substantially precise radius and densitometry values along the vessel of interest in the first image and in the second image.