Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Francesco Ciompi

Petia Radeva

Carlo Gatta

Josepa Mauri Ferré

Oriol Rodriguez

Oriol Pujol

Xavier Carrillo

David Rotger

Oriol Pujol Vila

Simone Balocco

Eduardo Fernandez-Nofrerias

Marina Alberti

Eduard Fernandez-Nofrerias

A method for generating an ultrasound image includes receiving a sequence of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) data obtained as an IVUS imager moves through a body lumen; identifying at least one bifurcation of the body lumen from the sequence of IVUS data; determining a bifurcation angle between two branches of the body lumen; and displaying a longitudinal view of the body lumen using the IVUS data and incorporating the bifurcation angle to angularly align portions of the longitudinal view corresponding to the two portions of the body lumen.

Systems and methods for detecting and displaying body lumen bifurcations

A method for imaging a patient using an intravascular ultrasound imaging system includes inserting a catheter into a target imaging region within patient vasculature. The catheter includes at least one transducer coupled to a control module. A plurality of image frames is generated as the at least one transducer is moved within patient vasculature. The image frames are based on data obtained from a plurality of echo signals reflected from patient tissue in response to a plurality of acoustic signals output from the at least one transducer. Each image frame includes a motion-blur component. A motion-blur-intensity estimate is quantified for each image frame to form a motion-blur-estimation signal that varies over time and that includes periodic local motion blur minima. Temporal variations of the motion-blur components are filtered to reduce variation in the motion-blur-intensity estimate arising from vessel structure variation. Image frames are selected that contain local motion blur minima.

Systems and methods for performing an image-based gating procedure during an IVUS imaging procedure

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Barcelona, Spain

Francesco Ciompi