DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF STENTS IN AN IMAGE OF VASCULATURE STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: RONGEN PETER M. J, ELENBAAS THIJS, TER HORST IRIS, OLIVAN BESCOS JAVIER, DEN HARTOG MARKUS J. H
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 15.09.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; SURGERY

The present invention relates to a device (10) for determining the position of stents (34, 36) in an image of vasculature structure, the device (10) comprising: an input unit (12); a processing unit (14); and an output unit (16); wherein the input unit (12) is configured to receive a sequence of images (24) of a vasculature structure (38) comprising at least one vessel branch (44, 46); wherein theprocessing unit (14) is configured to: detect positions of at least two markers (26, 28, 30, 32) for identifying a stent position (50, 52) in at least one of the images (24); detect at least one pathindicator (64, 66, 74, 76) for the at least one vessel branch (44, 46) in at least one of the images (24) of the vasculature structure (38) at least for vessel regions in which the positions of the markers (26, 28, 30, 32) are detected; associate the at least two markers (26, 28, 30, 32) to the at least one path indicator (64, 66, 74, 76) based on the detected positions of the markers (26, 28, 30, 32) and the location of