	US 12,229,955 B2
	IVUS image analysis method
Tae Geun Choi, Seoul (KR); and Geun Yeong Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Medi Whale Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by MEDI WHALE INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,602.
Application 17/953,602 is a continuation of application No. 16/959,886, granted, now 11,488,300, previously published as PCT/KR2018/015576, filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0000799 (KR), filed on Jan. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0034043 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)

CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A method of performing analysis of a cardiovascular image of a subject, comprising:

obtaining first image for at least part of a cardiovascular system of the subject; and

obtaining second image by processing the first image based on a diagnosis assistance model, the diagnosis assistance model being trained based on first blood vessel image and second blood vessel image corresponding to the first blood vessel image;

wherein the first image and the first blood vessel image are taken with a same imaging method,

wherein the second image is generated based on the first image to provide analysis information on at least a partial region of the first image,

wherein a location of a cardiovascular vessel in the second blood vessel image corresponds to a location of a cardiovascular vessel in the first blood vessel image,

wherein the first blood vessel image is divided into a plurality of first rectangular regions rotated at a predetermined angle, and

wherein the diagnosis assistance model is trained based on the first rectangular regions of the first blood vessel image.