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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Jesse Schallek, Rochester, NY (US);

Inventor:

Jesse Schallek, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/1241 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01); A61B 3/102 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for creating a virtual 2D image of an object moving in a blood vessel includes the steps of: providing an imaging apparatus capable of acquiring 1D images. The imaging apparatus is communicatively coupled to a computer. Multiple 1D images of a substantially fixed footprint on a surface of an organ are acquired over a period of time. A virtual 2D image showing the object moving in the blood vessel is formed by combining by computer the multiple 1D images. The virtual 2D image can be displayed and/or saved to a non-volatile memory. A system to perform the method is also described. Another method for creating a virtual 1D image of an object moving in a blood vessel is also described.


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