Patent Document ID: 20160113502
Application ID: 14986541
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for automatically identifying and localizing anatomical regions of a left ventricle of a heart using a segment model, the method comprising: receiving a volumetric image series of one or more time-points in a heart cycle with associated myocardial boundaries, representing the heart; performing a long-axis partitioning on each image of the volumetric image series; performing a short-axis partitioning on each image of the volumetric image series; generating a polar map, wherein each image of the volumetric image series is mapped to a location on the polar map, wherein the location is characterized using the long-axis partitioning and the short-axis partitioning; and generating a mapping from the polar map to a voxel in an associated image of the volumetric image series representing an anatomical location, wherein the mapping is displayed.