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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Andrew M. Rollins, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Christine P. Fleming, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3735 (2016.02);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with characterizing Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) lesions using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) are described. One example method includes acquiring an OCT signal from a Region Of Interest (ROI) in an ablated material. The example method may also include determining whether a lesion was formed by the ablation by analyzing optical properties of the ROI as recorded in the OCT signal.