Inventors:
Eric Pichon - Paris, FR
Stephen Solomon - New York NY, US
George Getrajdman - New York NY, US
Michel Grimaud - Montrouge, FR
Yves Trousset - Palaiseau, FR
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
A61B 5/05, G06K 9/00
Abstract:
A system and method to process an acquired image to differentiate a portion of subject anatomy to protect relative to a portion of anatomy to receive treatment is provided. The system includes a controller with program instructions to perform the steps of receiving an instruction to indicate a zone interest of the imaged anatomy to protect associated with treatment of the subject anatomy; calculating a first set of image elements associated with a first circulatory network in communication to supply a first zone of interest to treat and not in communication to supply a second zone of interest to protect; calculating a second set of image elements of the acquired image associated with a second circulatory network in communication to supply the second zone of interest to protect; and creating a display that differentiates the second set of image elements from a remainder of the acquired image.