RESPIRATION DETERMINATION APPARATUS

摘要

The present invention relates to a respiration determination apparatus and method for determining respiration of a person (3). The apparatus comprises a bronchial tree image data set providing unit (12), which provides a bronchial tree image data set showing a bronchial tree. The apparatus comprises further a bronchial tree detection unit (14) for detecting the bronchial tree in the bronchial tree image data set and a respiratory information determination unit (30) for determining information about the respiration from the detected bronchial tree.