Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF BRONCHIAL AIRWAYS REPRESENTATIONS USING VASCULAR MORPHOLOGY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2019042513
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide methods and apparatus for enhancing bronchial airways representations using vascular morphology.SOLUTION: A representation of bronchial airways of a subject and a representation of a corresponding vascular network are obtained and may be stored in a memory. In the bronchial airways representation, termini of airways are identified where portions of the airways are not included in the representation though they are in fact in continuous airways in the body of the subject. In the vascular network representation, vessel portions corresponding to unrepresented airway portions between first and second identified airway termini are identified. An enhanced bronchial airways representation is produced that reflects an airway extending between the termini. The enhanced bronchial airways representation can be displayed on a monitor of a medical apparatus to facilitate a bronchoscopic procedure.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Inventors:
AKRAM ZOABI
YANIV BEN ZRIHEM
ZVI DEKEL
YANIV BEN ZRIHEM
ZVI DEKEL
Application Number:
JP2018165852A
Publication Date:
March 22, 2019
Filing Date:
September 05, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BIOSENSE WEBSTER ISRAEL LTD
International Classes:
A61B6/03; A61B1/045; A61B1/267
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2007531543A | 2007-11-08 | |||
| JP2011200625A | 2011-10-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Konobu Kato
Takafumi Oshima
Takafumi Oshima