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US 11,445,998 B2Granted
System and method of adventitial tissue characterization
AssigneePhilips Image Guided Therapy Corporation
InventorAnuja Nair
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system and method for characterizing adventitial tissue. In one aspect, a system and method are disclosed that characterizes tissue types within the adventitial tissue including nerve bundles and blood vessels. In a further aspect, the adventitia is imaged and characterized to provide guidance for crossing lesions within an occluded vessel.
Claims14
An intravascular system, comprising:
- a processor configured for communication with an intravascular imaging catheter operable to obtain image data of a blood vessel, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive the image data of the blood vessel obtained by the intravascular imaging catheter;
- perform a pattern recognition of the image data to characterize a plurality of tissue types within adventitia of the blood vessel;
- output, to a display in communication with the processor, an image of the blood vessel based on the image data;
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- alert a user to a presence, within the image, of the plurality of tissue types within the adventitia in real time based on the characterization of the plurality of tissue types within the adventitia and a positioning of a therapy device within the blood vessel to avoid rupturing the blood vessel.
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