The present application relates to a method for acquiring maximum principal strain or a maximum principal stress status of a vessel wall. The method includes: acquiring first vessel data of a first time phase corresponding to a vessel; acquiring second vessel data of a second time phase corresponding to the vessel; generating, based on the first vessel data, a first vessel model relating to the first time phase, generating a second vessel model relating to the second time phase based on the second vessel data; determining a region of interest in the first vessel model; determining the corresponding region of interest in the second vessel model; determining a reference point in the region of interest of the first vessel model; determining the corresponding reference point in the region of interest of the second vessel model; determining a displacement of the reference point from the first vessel model to the second vessel model; and determining a maximum principal strain or a maximum principal stress at the reference point based on the displacement of the reference point.

Systems and methods for image processing are provided. The systems may include obtaining an initial image relating to a blood vessel. The system may include determining a centerline of the blood vessel based on the initial image. The system may also include determining one or more images to be segmented of the blood vessel based on the centerline and the initial image. The system may also include determining a boundary of the lumen of the blood vessel and a boundary of the wall of the blood vessel in the each image for each of the one or more images. The system may further include analyzing the blood vessel based on the one or more boundaries of the lumen and the one or more boundaries of the wall.

Systems and methods of fluid or air passageway cross-sectional area determination in an anatomy are disclosed. In some examples, the methods may include generating a model of a structure based on a plurality of images of the structure, the structure comprising at least one fluid or air flow path. In some examples, the methods may also include identifying an obstruction element in the model of the structure, the obstruction element affecting the at least one fluid or air flow path in the model. In some examples, the methods may also include determining a region of the at least one fluid or air flow path for flow analysis.

A fully automated solution to vessel analysis based on image data including a system for analysis of a vessel that receives at least 2D images of a patient's vessels, the images obtained from two different angles during X-ray angiography, where the system uses color or grayscale features from a location of a stenosis in the images to provide an FFR value for the vessel.

The present application provides a method and system for acquiring centerline of aorta based on CT sequence images. The method comprises: acquiring three-dimensional data of CT sequence images; acquiring a gravity center of heart and a gravity center of spine based on the three-dimensional data; filtering impurity data from the three-dimensional data of CT sequence images to obtain an image containing left atrium, left ventricle and without interfering coronary artery tree; layered slicing to obtain a group of binarized images; obtaining a circle center and an radius from each layer of slice in the group of binarized images, to generate a point list and an radius list; and mapping one or more pixel points in the point list and the radius list to the image to obtain a centerline of aorta.

Apparatus and methods are described for use with an endoluminal device that includes one or more radiopaque portions and that moves through a lumen of a subject. A sequence of radiographic images of a portion of the subject's body, in which the lumen is disposed, is acquired, during movement of the endoluminal device through the lumen. Locations at which the one or more radiopaque portions of the endoluminal device were imaged during the movement of the endoluminal device through the lumen are identified, by analyzing the sequence of radiographic images. A set of locations at which the one or more radiopaque portions were disposed during the movement of the endoluminal device through the lumen is defined, and an endoluminal path of the device through the lumen is estimated based upon the set of locations. Other applications are also described.

A vessel displaying method and device, a computer device, and readable storage medium. The method includes: acquiring vessel information of a detected object, the vessel information including a vessel segment center line and corresponding vessel segment data of each vessel segment; receiving an edit instruction; editing an initial target vessel segment center line based on the edit instruction, to obtain a final target vessel segment center line; constructing a final target vessel segment according to the final target vessel segment center line; and constructing a target vessel based on the final target vessel segment, and displaying the target vessel.

According to at least one aspect, a river velocity estimation system is provided. The river velocity estimation system includes one or more components executable by at least one processor that are configured to receive terrain information and at least one image including a river, identify an area of interest in the at least one image that includes the river, identify a course of the river and a boundary of the river based on the area of interest in the at least one image, estimate a slope of the river based on the terrain information, determine a hydraulic radius of the river based on the boundary of the river and the course of the river, and estimate a flow rate of water in the river based on at least the slope of the river and the hydraulic radius of the river.

A method for vascular assessment is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of medical images of a portion of a vasculature of a subject and processing the medical images to produce a model of the vasculature. The method further includes obtaining a flow characteristic of the model and calculating an index indicative of vascular function, based, at least in part, on the flow characteristic in the model.

An inspection method for a surface of a ceramic body capable of determining any crack more reliably than conventionally done is provided. The method includes a step of performing image capturing of an illuminated region of an inspection surface being illuminated with at least one of first and second illumination light from mutually different directions sandwiching an image capturing means, a step of generating a determination image, and a step of performing determination. When a first determination image is generated based on a first image capturing result obtained under illumination at least with the first illumination light, and a second determination image is generated based on a second image capturing result under illumination at least with the second illumination light, those images are generated so that determination of the presence or absence of any crack can be performed based on a difference between formation manners of shadow regions in those images.