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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2009
Kai Eck, Aachen, DE;
Barbara Martin-leung, Aachen, DE;
Jorg Bredno, Aachen, DE;
Jurgen Weese, Aachen, DE;
Kai Eck, Aachen, DE;
Barbara Martin-Leung, Aachen, DE;
Jorg Bredno, Aachen, DE;
Jurgen Weese, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Methods for displaying a vessel with the aid of intravascular ultrasound images and current location and cycle information provided by detectors and sensors. A sequence of intravascular ultrasound images are stored and indexed-by location and by heartbeat and breathing phase. During a subsequent medical intervention, ultrasound images that correspond to the current phase and location of an object of interest such as a catheter can be selected and displayed on a monitor in real time along with an x-ray image of the vessel, the display showing the geometric position of the ultrasound images with reference to the x-ray image.