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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2006
Richard Scott Huennekens, San Diego, CA (US);
Vincent J. Burgess, San Diego, CA (US);
Marja Pauliina Margolis, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Blair D. Walker, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jon D. Klingensmith, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Nancy Perry Pool, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Randall Kent Hanson, Sacramento, CA (US);
Richard Scott Huennekens, San Diego, CA (US);
Vincent J. Burgess, San Diego, CA (US);
Marja Pauliina Margolis, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Blair D. Walker, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jon D. Klingensmith, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Nancy Perry Pool, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Randall Kent Hanson, Sacramento, CA (US);
Volcano Corporation, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for creating, in a coordinated manner, graphical images of a body including vascular features from a combination of image data sources. The method includes initially creating an angiographic image of a vessel segment. The angiographic image is, for example, either a two or three dimensional image representation. Next, a vessel image data set is acquired that is distinct from the angiographic image data. The vessel image data set comprises information acquired at a series of positions along the vessel segment. An example of such vessel image data is a set of intravascular ultrasound frames corresponding to circumferential cross-section slices taken at various positions along the vessel segment. The angiographic image and the vessel image data set are correlated by comparing a characteristic rendered independently from both the angiographic image and the vessel image data at positions along the vessel segment.