Method and apparatus for pretreatment planning of endovascular coil placement
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for pretreatment planning endovascular coil placement, comprising steps of: a) analyzing three-dimensional data enabling visualization of a volume of interest containing at least a part of a blood vessel with an aneurysm; b) determining the centerline of the vessel; c) determining the aneurysm diameter; d) determining the aneurysm dome height; e) creating a three-dimensional surface model of the aneurysm in the vessel, using the results from the previous steps; f) estimating the volume expansion of one or more coils with the aid of said surface model; and g) visual simulating at least one according to the estimated virtual coil being to place inside the aneurysm.
1. A method for pretreatmently planning an endovascular coil placement on a computer, comprising:
receiving a three-dimensional data of a volume of interest containing at least a part of a blood vessel with an aneurysm;
determining a centerline of the vessel from the three-dimensional data;
determining a diameter of the aneurysm from the three-dimensional data;
determining a dome height of the aneurysm from the three-dimensional data;
creating a three-dimensional surface model of the aneurysm based on the centerline of the vessel, the diameter of the aneurysm, and the dome height of the aneurysm;
estimating a volume expansion of a coil to be placed inside the aneurysm based on the surface model of the aneurysm; and
visually simulating the estimated coil.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of coils are placed inside the aneurysm if the diameter of the aneurysm or the dome height of the aneurysm exceeds a determined value.
3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium executable on a computer for pretreatmently planning an endovascular coil placement, comprising:
a computer program that:
reads a three-dimensional data of a volume of interest containing at least a part of a blood vessel with an aneurysm,
determines a centerline of the vessel from the three-dimensional data,
determines a diameter of the aneurysm from the three-dimensional data
determines a dome height of the aneurysm from the three-dimensional data,
creates a three-dimensional surface model of the aneurysm based on the centerline of the vessel, the diameter of the aneurysm, and the dome height of the aneurysm,
estimates a volume expansion of a coil to be placed inside the aneurysm based on the surface model of the aneurysm, and
visually simulates the estimated coil.
4. A medical device for pretreatmently planning an endovascular coil placement, comprising:
an image recoding device that records a three-dimensional data of a volume of interest containing at least a part of a blood vessel with an aneurysm; and
a computer that:
determines a centerline of the vessel from the three-dimensional data,
determines a diameter of the aneurysm from the three-dimensional data,
determines a dome height of the aneurysm from the three-dimensional data,
creates a three-dimensional surface model of the aneurysm in the vessel based on the centerline of the vessel, the diameter and the dome height of the aneurysm,
estimates a volume expansion of a coil to be placed inside the aneurysm based on the surface model, and
visually simulates the estimated coil.