US 12,086,980 B2
Pulmonary analysis using transpulmonary pressure
Samuel Peterson, Topanga, CA (US); Juerg Tschirren, Iowa City, IA (US); Xia Huang, North Liberty, IA (US); and John D. Newell, Jr., Port Townsend, WA (US)
Assigned to VIDA Diagnostics, Inc., Coralville, IA (US)
Filed by Vida Diagnostics, Inc., Coralville, IA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/512,604.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,345, filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0130040 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30064 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30104 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for analyzing a patient based on a volumetric pulmonary scan comprising:
receiving volumetric pulmonary scan data representative of a patient's pulmonary structure;
processing the received volumetric pulmonary scan data to identify one or more anatomical structures within the volumetric pulmonary scan data;
analyzing a shape of the one or more identified anatomical structures;
determining a level of transpulmonary pressure defining an effort metric based on the shape of the one or more identified anatomical structures such that the effort metric is based on the shape of the one or more identified anatomical structures; and
determining one or more physiological or anatomical parameters of the patient based on the received volumetric pulmonary scan data and the effort metric.