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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Haruka Imura, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Judith Tiferes Wang, Buenos Aires, AR;
Wenguang Li, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Erik Stephen Freed, New Brighton, MN (US);
Jennifer Gibbs, White Bear, MN (US);
Anming He Cai, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides to process intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images to identify key frames such as the proximal key frame, a distal key frame, and a minimal key frame from the IVUS images based on the raw lumen area, vessel area, and plaque burden. Ones of the key frames can be re-identified based on manipulation of other ones of the key frames.