| US 7,570,983 B2 | ||
| Method and data processing device to support diagnosis and/or therapy of a pathological change of a blood vessel | ||
| Christoph Becker, Starnberg (Germany); Roman Fischbach, Muenster (Germany); Thomas Flohr, Uehlfeld (Germany); Andreas Kopp, Tuebingen (Germany); Bernd Ohnesorge, Erlangen (Germany); and Stefan Schaller, Fuerth (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 24, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/693,586. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 102 49 643 (DE), filed on Oct. 24, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0133094 A1, Jul. 08, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 600—407 [600/410; 600/425; 600/441; 600/476; 600/478; 382/128] | 33 Claims |
| 19. A data processing device for supporting at least one of diagnosis and therapy of a pathological change of a blood vessel
in a subject, said data processor being supplied with a single image of a blood vessel acquired at a point in time using an
imaging modality, said single image being selected from the group consisting of pixel images and voxel images, and said data
processor being programmed to:
from said single image, make a measurement of an existing quantity of non-calcified plaque and a measurement of an existing
quantity of calcium-rich plaque associated with the blood vessel;
determine an indicator value dependent on the respective quantities of non-calcified plaque and calcium-rich plaque from said
measurement, and on the composition of said plaque in said blood vessel at said first point in time;
compare said indicator value with said at least one stored limit value to obtain a comparison result; and
at an output unit associated with said data processor, present an output proposal dependent on said comparison result, selected
from the group consisting of a proposal for a measure to be undertaken on the patient and a proposal for no measure.
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