Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for virtual coronary mapping
- Patent Title (中): 虚拟冠状动脉成像的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12150816Application Date: 2008-05-01
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Publication No.: US08355550B2Publication Date: 2013-01-15
- Inventor: Wei Zhang , Ying Zhu , Adrian Barbu , Richard Socher , Stefan Böhm , Peter Durlak , Dorin Comaniciu
- Applicant: Wei Zhang , Ying Zhu , Adrian Barbu , Richard Socher , Stefan Böhm , Peter Durlak , Dorin Comaniciu
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080275335A1 Methods and apparatus for virtual coronary mapping Public/Granted day:2008-11-06
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