Systems and Methods for Multi-Modality Medical Data Collection

A method of collecting multi-modality medical data from a patient, comprising:

• introducing at least one instrument into a vessel of the patient;
• obtaining from the at least one instrument pressure measurements within the vessel for at least one cardiac cycle of the patient;
• selecting a diagnostic window within the at least one cardiac cycle of the patient, wherein the diagnostic window encompasses only a portion of the at least one cardiac cycle of the patient;
• acquiring first medical data from the patient during the diagnostic window using a first medical device, the first medical data being associated with a first medical modality;
• acquiring second medical data from the patient during the diagnostic window using a second medical device, the second medical data being associated with a second medical modality different than the first medical modality;
• and
• co-registering the first medical data with the second medical data.

A multi-modality medical data collection system, comprising:

• a heart-monitoring device;
• a first medical device configured to acquire first medical data associated with a first medical modality;
• a second medical device configured to acquire second medical data associated with a second medical modality different than the first medical modality;
• and
• a multi-modality processing system in communication with the heart-monitoring device,
• the first medical device, and the second medical device, the processing system being configured to:
• acquire heartbeat data from a patient using the heart-monitoring device, the heartbeat data identifying a first cardiac cycle of the patient;
• select a diagnostic window within the first cardiac cycle of the patient, wherein the diagnostic window encompasses only a portion of the first cardiac cycle of the patient;
• control the first medical device to acquire the first medical data from the patient during the diagnostic window;
• and
• control the second medical device to acquire the second medical data from the patient during the diagnostic window.