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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 01, 2008
Wei Zhang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Ying Zhu, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Adrian Barbu, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Richard Socher, Dresden, DE;
Stefan Böhm, Oberasbach, DE;
Peter Durlak, Erlangen, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Wei Zhang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Ying Zhu, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Adrian Barbu, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Richard Socher, Dresden, DE;
Stefan Böhm, Oberasbach, DE;
Peter Durlak, Erlangen, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A virtual map of vessels of interest in medical procedures, such as coronary angioplasty is created so that doses of contrasting agent given to a patient may be reduced. A position of a coronary guidewire is determined and locations of vessel boundaries are found. When the contrast agent has dissipated, virtual maps of the vessels are created as new images. The locations of the determined vessel boundaries are imported to a mapping system and an image obtained without using a contrast agent is modified based on the imported locations of vessel boundaries. This creates a virtual map of the vessels.