Method for determining inhomogeneity in animal tissue and equipment to implement it

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14364551

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The present invention relates to a method for determining inhomogeneity in a portion of animal tissue, which provides for the arrangement beforehand of a 3-dimensional density map of said portion of tissue; the map is obtained by means of computed tomography and therefore is formed by a plurality of voxels (VX); for each voxel (VX) of the map, respectively considered as the central voxel (VXC), the following steps are carried out:—determining a space (CC) surrounding the central voxel (VXC) and containing a group of peripheral voxels (VXP),—for each peripheral voxel (VXP) of the group, calculating a value proportional to the ratio or the difference between the density of the peripheral voxel (VXP) and the density of the central voxel (VXC), thus obtaining a plurality of values,—calculating the maximum value and/or the minimum value and/or the average value and/or a statistical partitioning value of these values, thus obtaining a local indicator of inhomogeneity in the animal tissue in correspondence to the central voxel (VXC). Such method can advantageously be implemented in an equipment.

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FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA' GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICOVIA FRANCESCO SFORZA 28 MILAN I-20122

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Cadringher, Paolo Monza, IT 1 0
Cressoni, Massimo Monza, IT 1 0
Gattinoni, Luciano Milan, IT 4 81

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