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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Lightlab Imaging, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Inventor:
Ajay Gopinath, Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
LightLab Imaging, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01);
Abstract
In part, the disclosure relates to an automated method of branch detection with regard to a blood vessel imaged using an intravascular modality such as OCT, IVUS, or other imaging modalities. In one embodiment, a representation of A-lines and frames generated using an intravascular imaging system is used to identify candidate branches of a blood vessel. One or more operators such as filters can be applied to remove false positives associated with other detections.