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AssigneeVolcano Corporation
InventorDavid Sheehan
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Abstract
The present invention relates to use of co-registered data to virtually recreate a section of a vessel in an external image, in which the section of the vessel cannot be imaged using an external imaging modality. In certain aspects, a method of the invention includes obtaining external imaging data of a vessel, wherein data representing a specific portion of the vessel is absent from the external imaging data, obtaining intraluminal imaging data of the specific portion of the vessel, and co-registering the external imaging data with the intraluminal imaging data to construct an external image of the vessel that includes the specific portion of the vessel.
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A method for imaging a vessel, the method comprising
- obtaining external imaging data of a vessel, wherein data representing a specific portion of the vessel is absent from the external imaging data;
- obtaining intraluminal imaging data of the specific portion of the vessel;
- and
- co-registering the external imaging data with the intraluminal imaging data to construct an external image of the vessel that includes the specific portion of the vessel.
A method for imaging a vessel, the method comprising
- obtaining angiographic imaging data of a vessel, wherein data representing a chronic total occlusion in the vessel is absent from the angiographic imaging data;
- obtaining intraluminal imaging data of the chronic total occlusion;
- and
- co-registering the angiographic imaging data with the intraluminal imaging data to construct an angiographic image of the vessel that includes the chronic total occlusion.
A system for imaging a vessel, comprising:
- a central processing unit (CPU);
- and
- a storage device coupled to the CPU and having stored there information for configuring the CPU to:
- acquire external imaging data of a vessel, wherein data representing a specific portion of the vessel is absent from the external imaging data;
- acquire intraluminal imaging data of the specific portion of the vessel;
- and
- co-register the external imaging data with the intraluminal imaging data to construct an external image of the vessel that includes the specific portion of the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.