Three-dimensional vessel construction from intravascular ultrasound images
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsErik Stephen Freed, Sebastian Ordas, Alexander Shang, Wenguang Li, Alan Torborg
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides to generate a 3D visualization of a vessel from intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images. In particular, the present disclosure provides to reduce jitter between frames of an IVUS recording to provide a smoother appearance of a longitudinal view of the vessel from the IVUS image frames and to construct a 3D visualization of the vessel from the jitter compensated IVUS image frames.
Claims20
A method for self-registering a series of IVUS image frames, comprising:
- receiving, at the computing device from an intravascular imaging device, a plurality of images associated with a vessel of a patient, the plurality of images comprising multidimensional and multivariate images;
- generating, by the computing device for each of the plurality of images, a mask comprising indications of key features of the vessel;
- and
- aligning, by the computing device, the plurality of images based on the plurality of masks.
A computer-readable storage device, comprising instructions executable by a processor of a computing device coupled to an intravascular imaging device and a fluoroscope device, wherein when executed the instructions cause the computing device to:
- receive, from an intravascular imaging device, a plurality of images associated with a vessel of a patient, the plurality of images comprising multidimensional and multivariate images;
- generate, for each of the plurality of images, a mask comprising indications of key features of the vessel;
- and
- align the plurality of images based on the plurality of masks.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor arranged to be coupled to an intravascular imaging device and a fluoroscope device;
- and
- a memory storage device coupled to the processor, the memory storage device comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to:
- receive, from an intravascular imaging device, a plurality of images associated with a vessel of a patient, the plurality of images comprising multidimensional and multivariate images;
- generate, for each of the plurality of images, a mask comprising indications of key features of the vessel;
- and
- align the plurality of images based on the plurality of masks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.