System and method for instant and automatic border detection

US11172831B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• AJ Cheline · Sacramento, US
• Fergus Merritt · Cameron Park, US
• Asher Cohen · Sacramento, US
• Elizabeth Begin · Billerica, US
• Nathaniel J. Kemp · Concord, US
• Jason Sproul · Watertown, US
• Badr Elmaanaoui · Belmont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

The invention generally relates to medical imaging systems that instantly and/or automatically detect borders. Embodiments of the invention provide an imaging system that automatically detects a border at a location within a vessel in response only to navigational input moving the image to that location. In some embodiments, systems and methods of the invention operate such that when a doctor moves an imaging catheter to a new location with in tissue, the system essentially instantly finds, and optionally displays, the border(s), calculates an occlusion, or both.