Interactive Vascular-Tissue Mapping for Patient-Specific Treatment Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack effective methods to visualize and assess the functional relationship between a vascular network and perfused tissue, which is crucial for disease assessment and treatment planning.
Innovation Solution
A patient-specific interactive tool is developed to determine and display the functional relationship between a vascular network and perfused tissue, allowing users to visualize blood supply cause-and-effect at global and regional scales, and includes features for treatment planning and vascular condition management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional disease assessment methods are used, then treatment decisions can be made, but the functional relationship between vascular network and perfused tissue cannot be effectively visualized or assessed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the patient's vascular network and perfused tissue through 3D modeling. This digital replica allows for interactive visualization and assessment of functional relationships without altering the actual patient anatomy. The virtual model preserves all structural and functional information while enabling detailed analysis that would be impossible with traditional assessment methods.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an interactive visualization tool as an intermediary between the vascular network and the assessment process. This tool acts as a mediator that translates complex vascular-tissue relationships into visual representations, allowing clinicians to explore and understand functional relationships that would otherwise be invisible or difficult to assess.
2Measurement precision
If detailed vascular modeling is performed, then accurate functional relationships can be determined, but the complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the vascular network and tissue model into discrete, manageable segments or units. Each vessel and tissue region can be individually selected, analyzed, and manipulated. This segmentation allows complex vascular-tissue relationships to be broken down into smaller, more manageable components that can be processed and visualized systematically without overwhelming computational or operational complexity.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for creating an interactive tool for determining and displaying a functional relationship between a vascular network and an associated perfused tissue. One method includes receiving a patient-specific vascular model of a patient's anatomy, including at least one vessel of the patient; receiving a patient-specific tissue model, including a tissue region associated with the at least one vessel of the patient; receiving a selected area of the vascular model or a selected area of the tissue model; and generating a display of a region of the tissue model corresponding to the selected area of the vascular model or a display of a portion of the vascular model corresponding to the selected area of the tissue model, respectively.