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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Peter Dvorsky, Toronto, CA;
David Mark Henri Goyette, Mississauga, CA;
Inventors:
Peter Dvorsky, Toronto, CA;
David Mark Henri Goyette, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES ULC, Burnaby, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/489 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/413 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00792 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for preoperative identification of a perforator vessel for plastic and/or reconstructive surgery using ICG fluorescence angiography imaging are disclosed. Time-resolved image processing is used to highlight perforator locations and to enable visual discrimination among candidate perforators by various computed metrics. Based on these metrics, the surgeon is able to interactively locate and select perforator vessels suitable for plastic and reconstructive surgery.