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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Jon D. Klingensmith, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
D. Geoffrey Vince, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Anuja Nair, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Barry D. Kuban, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Jon D. Klingensmith, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
D. Geoffrey Vince, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Anuja Nair, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Barry D. Kuban, Avon Lake, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for using a first vascular image, or more particularly a plurality of control points located thereon, to identify a border on a second vascular image. Embodiments of the present invention operate in accordance with an intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS) device and a computing device electrically connected thereto. In one embodiment, the computing device includes a plurality of applications operating thereon that are used to (I) identify a border and control points on a first IVUS image (i.e., any IVUS image), (ii) extrapolate the control points to a second IVUS image (i.e., another IVUS image), (iii) identify a border on the second IVUS image, and (iv) adjust the border on the second IVUS image in accordance with at least one factor.