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- Patent Title: System and method for vascular tree generation using patient-specific structural and functional data, and joint prior information
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Application No.: US15094626Application Date: 2016-04-08
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Publication No.: US10420610B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Ying Bai , Michiel Schaap , Charles A. Taylor , Leo Grady
- Applicant: HeartFlow, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
- Current Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B34/10
- IPC: A61B34/10 ; A61B6/00 ; G06T7/00 ; G16H50/50 ; A61B34/00 ; G06T7/11 ; G06T7/187 ; A61B6/03

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for simulating microvascular networks from a vascular tree model to simulate tissue perfusion under various physiological conditions to guide diagnosis or treatment for cardiovascular disease. One method includes: receiving a patient-specific vascular model of a patient's anatomy, including a vascular network; receiving a patient-specific target tissue model in which a blood supply may be estimated; receiving joint prior information associated with the vascular model and the target tissue model; receiving data related to one or more perfusion characteristics of the target tissue; determining one or more associations between the vascular network of the patient-specific vascular model and one or more perfusion characteristics of the target tissue using the joint prior information; and outputting a vascular tree model that extends to perfusion regions in the target tissue, using the determined associations between the vascular network and the perfusion characteristics.
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