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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Amr Elbasiony, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Amr Elbasiony, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Lightlab Imaging, Inc., Westford, MA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method of detecting a side branch for a vessel scanned using a probe. The method includes storing optical coherence image data obtained during a pullback through the vessel in a memory device, the optical coherence image data comprising a plurality of frames; identifying a first region having a first intensity in a first frame of the plurality of frames; identifying a second region having a second intensity in the first frame of the plurality of frames; identifying a third region having a third intensity in the first frame of the plurality of frames; comparing the first intensity to the second intensity; comparing the third intensity to the second intensity; and generating an output characterizing the second region as a candidate side branch when the first intensity and the third intensity are both greater than the second intensity.