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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2018
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Mie Kunio, Boston, MA (US);
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for displaying an anatomical image of a coronary artery on a graphical user interface with information acquired from a plurality of intravascular image frames. The method may include detecting qualitative information from the plurality of intravascular image frames, creating one or more indicator(s) from the qualitative information detected, and determining a spatial relationship between the anatomical image and a plurality of acquisition locations of the plurality of intravascular image frames and generating its linear representation. The method also includes displaying the anatomical image of the coronary artery with the linear representation overlaid thereon on a display device and overlaying the one or more indicator(s) representing at least one type of qualitative information on the anatomical image along the linear representation.