Patent Document ID: 8126238
Application ID: 11603488
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for processing computed tomography (CT) datasets, comprising: identifying regions of interest (ROIs) within a CT dataset, wherein the ROIs include abnormalities in a blood vessel of a patient and an anatomy indicating a plaque deposit within a vessel; comparing the ROIs to at least one predetermined parameter; determining a level of diagnostic importance for the ROIs with respect to each other based on the comparison, the level of diagnostic importance related to a risk associated with the abnormalities; ranking the ROIs based on the level of diagnostic importance; providing a list of the ROIs on a display, the list indicating the level of diagnostic importance of the ROIs, the ROIs being selectable within a user interface; identifying a cross-sectional view indicating a greatest displacement of the plaque deposit with respect to the vessel wall; and displaying the cross-sectional view.