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Abstract
The field of the invention relates to medical imaging systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for estimating the size and position of a stent or other medical device within a patient. In one embodiment, a medical imaging system includes a catheter having distal and proximal ends, configured to be inserted into a vessel of a patient, an imaging device coupled to the distal end of the catheter and configured to emit one or more energy pulses and receive one or more echo signals, and a console electrically coupled to the imaging device, wherein the console includes a computer-usable medium, electrically coupled to the imaging device, having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes said processor to execute a process including generating an image of the vessel, and providing a graphical representation of a stent to be overlaid onto the image.
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE LENGTH
AN7) f'OSITlQN OF A STENT TO BE .Ap'PLIED WITHIN A PATENT
FIELD OF THE INVENTTON
The field of the invention relates to medical imaging systems, artd more pa.rticularly to systems and methods for estimating the length and position of a stent or other medical device to be applied within a patient.
)BACKgftCJUND OP THE TNVENT7ON
.Intraluminal,, intracavity, intravascular, and intracardiac treatments and diagnosis of medical conditions utilizing nlinimally invasive procedures are effective tools in many areas of medical practice. These procedures are typically performed using imaging and txeatment catheters that are inserted percutaneously into the body and into an accessible vessel of the vascutar system at a site remote from the vessel or organ to be diagnosed.
and/or treated, such as the femoral artery. The catheter is then advanced through the vessels of the vascular system to the region ot'the body to be treated. The catheter xnay be equipped with an imaging device, typically an ultrasound imag,ing device, whicia is used to locate and diagnose a diseased portion of the body, such as a stenosed region of an artery. For example, U.S.1'at No.
5,368,035, issued to liamrn et al., the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, describes a catheter having an intravascular ultrasound imaging transducer.
Fig. 1 shows an example of an imaging transducex assembly 1 known in the art.
The imaging transducer 1 is typically within the luxnen 10 of a guidewire (partially shown), having an outer tubular waA member 5. To obtain an image of a blood vessel, the imaging transducer assembly 1 may be inserted into the vessel. The transducer assembly I may then rotate while simultaneously emitting energy pulses, e.g., ultrasound waves, at portions of the vessel from within the vessel and receiving ecbo or reflected signals.
Turn,ing to Fig 2, it is known in the art that an imaging console 20 having a display screen, a processor and associated graphics hardware (not shown) may be coupled with the imaging transducer assembly I to form a medical imaging system 30. The imaging console 20 processes the received echo signals from the imaging transducer assembly 1 and forms iunages of the area being imaged. To form the images, the imaging console 20 draws multiple lines, known as '5radial lines", (not shown) on the display screen that each correspond to an angular position of the transducer assembly I. The processor of tlae imaging console 20 assigns brightness values to pixels of the lines based on magaitude levels of the echo signals received SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) frb'ih the transauceY assetlity iy 1 at the angular positions corresponding to the lines. A drawing that includes a large nuinber of these radial lines results in an iinage such as an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) image (not shown).
It is ftirther lcnown in the art to continually capture frames of IVUS images while gradually withdrawing the transducer or catheter within a vessel. The resulting stack of frames may be stored and manipulated by the processor, and from these frames, a longitudinal image of the vessel may be generated. In other words, a visualization of the vessel in a plane containing the long axis of the vessel may be rendered, which allows the clinician to assess blockage at different locations along the length of the vessel. For example, U.S. Pat. No.
5,830,145, issued to Tenhoff, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, describes a system and method for generating longitudinal images of a region of a blood vessel.
The resulting longitudinal image may be used to diagnose abnormalities, such as blockage, within the vessel. A typical treatment lrnown in the art for such abnormalities is the use of one or more stents in the region(s) of interest. Often times, determining the proper size (length and diameter) and position of the stent(s) to be applied within the patient is a "trial and error" type process, which may increase procedure time and risk to the patient. Accordingly, an improved system and method for delivering one or more stents would be desirable.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The field of the invention relates to medical imaging systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for estimating the size and position of a stent or other medical device to be applied within a patient.
In one embodiment, a medical imaging system includes an elongated tubular member having distal and proximal ends, configured to be inserted into a vessel of a patient, an imaging device coupled to the distal end of the elongated tubular member and configured to emit one or more energy pulses and receive one or more echo signals, and a console electrically coupled to the imaging device, wherein the console includes a computer-usable medium, electrically coupled to the imaging device, having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes said processor to execute a process including generating an image of the vessel, and providing a graphical representation of a stent or other medical device to be overlaid onto the image.
Other systems, methods, features and advantages of the invention will be or will become apparent to one with skill in the art upon examination of the following figures and detailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems, methods, features and ad'v'ail'tage5tie iziMded Within this description, be within the scope of the invention, and be protected by the accompanying claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In order to better appreciate how the above-recited and otlier advantages and objects of the inventions are obtained, a more particular description of the embodiments briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the acconipanying drawings. It should be noted that the components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, einphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the invention. Moreover, in the figures, lilce reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the different views. However, like parts do not always have like reference numerals. Moreover, all illustrations are intended to convey concepts, where relative sizes, shapes and other detailed attributes may be illustrated schematically rather than literally or precisely.
Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of an imaging transducer assembly known in the art;
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a medical imaging system known in the- art;
Fig. 3 depicts a huinan heart as a potential site for use of the method and apparatus disclosed herein;
Fig. 4 depicts an exploded view of a region of the coronary arteries having an IVUS
catheter positioned in a region of interest;
Fig. 5 depicts a user interface for displaying a longitudinal medical image known in the art;
Fig. 6 depicts a user interface for displaying a longitudinal medical image in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The methods and systems disclosed herein are applicable to medical imaging, such as ultrasound imaging, of vessels, such as the coronary arteries as depicted in FIG. 3, or to any body cavity where the image is to be obtained over a region. With reference to FIG. 3, heart 99 includes coronary arteries 98 which follow a tortuous path along the surface of the heart. FIG.
4 shows an exploded view of curvature 97, having an IVUS catheter 21 disposed within a region of interest therein. Catheter 21 has distal end 22 and a proximal end (not shown), and is generally designed in accordance with imaging catheters known in the art. The catheter thus includes an intraluminal ultrasound imaging system, such as that shown in Fig l., capable of obtaining echographic images of the surrounding of catheter tip 22. The imaging system includes transducer"23'ai1tY'4t associated electronics for displaying an echographic data set, e.g., obtained by scanning transducer 23 over a 360-degree path 24 about distal tip 22 of catheter 21, or by a sector scan which makes a 60 or 90 degree scan. In an alternative embodiment, transducer 23 is replaced by a phased array as disclosed in Griffith et al., U.S.
Pat. No. 4,841,977. Further, other iinaging devices may be used, instead of, or in addition to imaging transducers, such as light based apparatuses for obtaining images through optical coherence tomography (OCT). Iniage acquisition using OCT is described in Huang et al., "Optical Coherence Tomography," Science, 254, Nov. 22, 1991, pp 1178-1181. A
type of OCT
iinaging device, called an optical coherence domain reflectometer (OCDR) is disclosed in Swanson U.S. Pat. No. 5,321,501, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The OCDR is capable of electronically perfomiing two- and three-dimensional image scans over an extended longitudinal or depth range with sharp focus and high resolution and sensitivity over the range.
Scanning of the vessel interior is repeated many times during pull-back to obtain a plurality of echographic data sets talcen at a sequence of positions 27 within vesse198. In one embodiment, each echographic data set obtained during pull-back comprises a transverse or cross-sectional (i.e., r-9) image of the vessel at the point of the image, as shown in FIG. 4. An example of a cross-sectional image 120 is shown in Fig. 5. By "staclcing"
these images, a longitudinal image 105, i.e., an image along the longitudinal axis, or z axis, of the vessel may be generated, an example of which is also shown in Fig. 5. Such an image is known in the art as a "cut-plane" image. The longitudinal image 105 may be rotated along the z axis to display the image 105 at different angles, 0, until desired features appear.
The longitudinal image 105 is typically generated by a software program, which may reside within the imaging console 20, shown in Fig. 2. The software program displays the image on a display device (not shown) of the imaging console 20. Turning to Fig. 5, the software program may include a user interface 100. The user interface 100 includes a first window 110, which displays a longitudinal image 105 of a vessel. As mentioned above, the longitudinal image 105 comprises of a plurality of r-e cross-sectional images obtained over time as the catheter 21 is being pulled back. Each of these r- images may be regarded as frames 120, and the longitudinal image 105 may be displayed as an animation sequence presenting each frame 120 sequentially. These frames 120 are typically generated at a rate of approximately 30 frames/sec, and the catheter 21 is typically pulled back at a speed of approximately one-half mm/sec. Thus, the frames 120 are typically displayed very close together.
The user interface 100 may include control elements that allow a user to control the display of the longitudinal image 105. The control elements may include a playback element 130;'a stop playUck 6l6rirned 140, and an adjust cut-plane position element 125, which allows a user to rotate the longitudinal image 105 along the z axis. Also included is a frame control 150 element that allows a user to scroll througli the frames 120, backwards and forwards, and select the display of a particular frame 120 within the sequence. The position of the user selected frame 120 witliin the sequence of the animation is known as the cursor position. The frame control 150 element includes a scrollbar button 155 that indicates the cursor position. The user interface 100 also includes a second window 120, which displays the frame 120, or cross-sectional image, corresponding to the cursor position. The control elements may be buttons, keys, sliders, scrollbars, virtual keys on a touch screen, or other user actuatable devices.
Generally, a clinician would analyze the image for abnormalities, and if an abnonnality requiring one or more stents were discovered in the image, the clinician would visually estimate the length and position of the proper stent to be applied in the region of the abnormality. One approach to facilitate the estimation is to provide a graphical tool that allows a clinician to apply a graphical representation of a stent 160 over the longitudinal image 105 being analyzed. The clinician may be able to graphically adjust the size of the stent 160 to a desired size. One approach may be to drag a mouse pointer over a corner of the stent to adjust the size; however, stent sizes are typically pre-defined and pre-packaged by stent manufacturers, and thus the variety of different sizes may be limited. In such a case, it may be desirable to provide a graphical palette 165, or a predefined library, of one or more pre-defined stents with their sizes and other characteristics in the user interface 100.
Because the library is predefined with the necessary dimensions and characteristics of each stent, the clinician may simply click on or otherwise select the desired stent within the palette 165 and drag the desired stent to a desired position on the longitudinal image 105 to determine if the selected stent is appropriate. One of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that additional sizes, characteristics, or devices may be added to the palette 165 or library.
After the clinician has established a desired location, or position, on the longitudinal image 105 to place the stent 160, the clinician may place boolcmarks in the image to record the desired location (preferably, one bookmark on each end of the location). The bookmarks essentially record the particular frames 120 that define the desired location within the longitudinal image 105. In addition, the graphical representation of the stent 160 may be transparent to maintain the visibility of the structure of the image 105.
Providing a clinician a graphical tool to simulate the length and position of a stent within the image 105 facilitates in the selection of the proper stent size and position prior to placing the actual stent, which are costly and permanent implants, within the area of interest.
AN7) f'OSITlQN OF A STENT TO BE .Ap'PLIED WITHIN A PATENT
FIELD OF THE INVENTTON
The field of the invention relates to medical imaging systems, artd more pa.rticularly to systems and methods for estimating the length and position of a stent or other medical device to be applied within a patient.
)BACKgftCJUND OP THE TNVENT7ON
.Intraluminal,, intracavity, intravascular, and intracardiac treatments and diagnosis of medical conditions utilizing nlinimally invasive procedures are effective tools in many areas of medical practice. These procedures are typically performed using imaging and txeatment catheters that are inserted percutaneously into the body and into an accessible vessel of the vascutar system at a site remote from the vessel or organ to be diagnosed.
and/or treated, such as the femoral artery. The catheter is then advanced through the vessels of the vascular system to the region ot'the body to be treated. The catheter xnay be equipped with an imaging device, typically an ultrasound imag,ing device, whicia is used to locate and diagnose a diseased portion of the body, such as a stenosed region of an artery. For example, U.S.1'at No.
5,368,035, issued to liamrn et al., the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, describes a catheter having an intravascular ultrasound imaging transducer.
Fig. 1 shows an example of an imaging transducex assembly 1 known in the art.
The imaging transducer 1 is typically within the luxnen 10 of a guidewire (partially shown), having an outer tubular waA member 5. To obtain an image of a blood vessel, the imaging transducer assembly 1 may be inserted into the vessel. The transducer assembly I may then rotate while simultaneously emitting energy pulses, e.g., ultrasound waves, at portions of the vessel from within the vessel and receiving ecbo or reflected signals.
Turn,ing to Fig 2, it is known in the art that an imaging console 20 having a display screen, a processor and associated graphics hardware (not shown) may be coupled with the imaging transducer assembly I to form a medical imaging system 30. The imaging console 20 processes the received echo signals from the imaging transducer assembly 1 and forms iunages of the area being imaged. To form the images, the imaging console 20 draws multiple lines, known as '5radial lines", (not shown) on the display screen that each correspond to an angular position of the transducer assembly I. The processor of tlae imaging console 20 assigns brightness values to pixels of the lines based on magaitude levels of the echo signals received SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) frb'ih the transauceY assetlity iy 1 at the angular positions corresponding to the lines. A drawing that includes a large nuinber of these radial lines results in an iinage such as an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) image (not shown).
It is ftirther lcnown in the art to continually capture frames of IVUS images while gradually withdrawing the transducer or catheter within a vessel. The resulting stack of frames may be stored and manipulated by the processor, and from these frames, a longitudinal image of the vessel may be generated. In other words, a visualization of the vessel in a plane containing the long axis of the vessel may be rendered, which allows the clinician to assess blockage at different locations along the length of the vessel. For example, U.S. Pat. No.
5,830,145, issued to Tenhoff, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, describes a system and method for generating longitudinal images of a region of a blood vessel.
The resulting longitudinal image may be used to diagnose abnormalities, such as blockage, within the vessel. A typical treatment lrnown in the art for such abnormalities is the use of one or more stents in the region(s) of interest. Often times, determining the proper size (length and diameter) and position of the stent(s) to be applied within the patient is a "trial and error" type process, which may increase procedure time and risk to the patient. Accordingly, an improved system and method for delivering one or more stents would be desirable.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The field of the invention relates to medical imaging systems, and more particularly to systems and methods for estimating the size and position of a stent or other medical device to be applied within a patient.
In one embodiment, a medical imaging system includes an elongated tubular member having distal and proximal ends, configured to be inserted into a vessel of a patient, an imaging device coupled to the distal end of the elongated tubular member and configured to emit one or more energy pulses and receive one or more echo signals, and a console electrically coupled to the imaging device, wherein the console includes a computer-usable medium, electrically coupled to the imaging device, having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes said processor to execute a process including generating an image of the vessel, and providing a graphical representation of a stent or other medical device to be overlaid onto the image.
Other systems, methods, features and advantages of the invention will be or will become apparent to one with skill in the art upon examination of the following figures and detailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems, methods, features and ad'v'ail'tage5tie iziMded Within this description, be within the scope of the invention, and be protected by the accompanying claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In order to better appreciate how the above-recited and otlier advantages and objects of the inventions are obtained, a more particular description of the embodiments briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the acconipanying drawings. It should be noted that the components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, einphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the invention. Moreover, in the figures, lilce reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the different views. However, like parts do not always have like reference numerals. Moreover, all illustrations are intended to convey concepts, where relative sizes, shapes and other detailed attributes may be illustrated schematically rather than literally or precisely.
Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of an imaging transducer assembly known in the art;
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a medical imaging system known in the- art;
Fig. 3 depicts a huinan heart as a potential site for use of the method and apparatus disclosed herein;
Fig. 4 depicts an exploded view of a region of the coronary arteries having an IVUS
catheter positioned in a region of interest;
Fig. 5 depicts a user interface for displaying a longitudinal medical image known in the art;
Fig. 6 depicts a user interface for displaying a longitudinal medical image in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The methods and systems disclosed herein are applicable to medical imaging, such as ultrasound imaging, of vessels, such as the coronary arteries as depicted in FIG. 3, or to any body cavity where the image is to be obtained over a region. With reference to FIG. 3, heart 99 includes coronary arteries 98 which follow a tortuous path along the surface of the heart. FIG.
4 shows an exploded view of curvature 97, having an IVUS catheter 21 disposed within a region of interest therein. Catheter 21 has distal end 22 and a proximal end (not shown), and is generally designed in accordance with imaging catheters known in the art. The catheter thus includes an intraluminal ultrasound imaging system, such as that shown in Fig l., capable of obtaining echographic images of the surrounding of catheter tip 22. The imaging system includes transducer"23'ai1tY'4t associated electronics for displaying an echographic data set, e.g., obtained by scanning transducer 23 over a 360-degree path 24 about distal tip 22 of catheter 21, or by a sector scan which makes a 60 or 90 degree scan. In an alternative embodiment, transducer 23 is replaced by a phased array as disclosed in Griffith et al., U.S.
Pat. No. 4,841,977. Further, other iinaging devices may be used, instead of, or in addition to imaging transducers, such as light based apparatuses for obtaining images through optical coherence tomography (OCT). Iniage acquisition using OCT is described in Huang et al., "Optical Coherence Tomography," Science, 254, Nov. 22, 1991, pp 1178-1181. A
type of OCT
iinaging device, called an optical coherence domain reflectometer (OCDR) is disclosed in Swanson U.S. Pat. No. 5,321,501, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The OCDR is capable of electronically perfomiing two- and three-dimensional image scans over an extended longitudinal or depth range with sharp focus and high resolution and sensitivity over the range.
Scanning of the vessel interior is repeated many times during pull-back to obtain a plurality of echographic data sets talcen at a sequence of positions 27 within vesse198. In one embodiment, each echographic data set obtained during pull-back comprises a transverse or cross-sectional (i.e., r-9) image of the vessel at the point of the image, as shown in FIG. 4. An example of a cross-sectional image 120 is shown in Fig. 5. By "staclcing"
these images, a longitudinal image 105, i.e., an image along the longitudinal axis, or z axis, of the vessel may be generated, an example of which is also shown in Fig. 5. Such an image is known in the art as a "cut-plane" image. The longitudinal image 105 may be rotated along the z axis to display the image 105 at different angles, 0, until desired features appear.
The longitudinal image 105 is typically generated by a software program, which may reside within the imaging console 20, shown in Fig. 2. The software program displays the image on a display device (not shown) of the imaging console 20. Turning to Fig. 5, the software program may include a user interface 100. The user interface 100 includes a first window 110, which displays a longitudinal image 105 of a vessel. As mentioned above, the longitudinal image 105 comprises of a plurality of r-e cross-sectional images obtained over time as the catheter 21 is being pulled back. Each of these r- images may be regarded as frames 120, and the longitudinal image 105 may be displayed as an animation sequence presenting each frame 120 sequentially. These frames 120 are typically generated at a rate of approximately 30 frames/sec, and the catheter 21 is typically pulled back at a speed of approximately one-half mm/sec. Thus, the frames 120 are typically displayed very close together.
The user interface 100 may include control elements that allow a user to control the display of the longitudinal image 105. The control elements may include a playback element 130;'a stop playUck 6l6rirned 140, and an adjust cut-plane position element 125, which allows a user to rotate the longitudinal image 105 along the z axis. Also included is a frame control 150 element that allows a user to scroll througli the frames 120, backwards and forwards, and select the display of a particular frame 120 within the sequence. The position of the user selected frame 120 witliin the sequence of the animation is known as the cursor position. The frame control 150 element includes a scrollbar button 155 that indicates the cursor position. The user interface 100 also includes a second window 120, which displays the frame 120, or cross-sectional image, corresponding to the cursor position. The control elements may be buttons, keys, sliders, scrollbars, virtual keys on a touch screen, or other user actuatable devices.
Generally, a clinician would analyze the image for abnormalities, and if an abnonnality requiring one or more stents were discovered in the image, the clinician would visually estimate the length and position of the proper stent to be applied in the region of the abnormality. One approach to facilitate the estimation is to provide a graphical tool that allows a clinician to apply a graphical representation of a stent 160 over the longitudinal image 105 being analyzed. The clinician may be able to graphically adjust the size of the stent 160 to a desired size. One approach may be to drag a mouse pointer over a corner of the stent to adjust the size; however, stent sizes are typically pre-defined and pre-packaged by stent manufacturers, and thus the variety of different sizes may be limited. In such a case, it may be desirable to provide a graphical palette 165, or a predefined library, of one or more pre-defined stents with their sizes and other characteristics in the user interface 100.
Because the library is predefined with the necessary dimensions and characteristics of each stent, the clinician may simply click on or otherwise select the desired stent within the palette 165 and drag the desired stent to a desired position on the longitudinal image 105 to determine if the selected stent is appropriate. One of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that additional sizes, characteristics, or devices may be added to the palette 165 or library.
After the clinician has established a desired location, or position, on the longitudinal image 105 to place the stent 160, the clinician may place boolcmarks in the image to record the desired location (preferably, one bookmark on each end of the location). The bookmarks essentially record the particular frames 120 that define the desired location within the longitudinal image 105. In addition, the graphical representation of the stent 160 may be transparent to maintain the visibility of the structure of the image 105.
Providing a clinician a graphical tool to simulate the length and position of a stent within the image 105 facilitates in the selection of the proper stent size and position prior to placing the actual stent, which are costly and permanent implants, within the area of interest.
In the foregoing specification, the invention has been described with reference to specific einbodiments thereof. It will, however, be evident that various modifications and changes may be made thereto without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the invention. For example, this invention is particularly suited for applications involving stents, but can be applicable for other medical devices. As a further example, each feature of one embodiment can be mixed and matched with other features shown in other embodiments.
Additionally and obviously, features may be added or subtracted as desired.
Accordingly, the invention is not to be restricted except in liglit of the attached claims and their equivalents.
Additionally and obviously, features may be added or subtracted as desired.
Accordingly, the invention is not to be restricted except in liglit of the attached claims and their equivalents.
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1. A medical imaging system comprising:
an elongated tubular member having distal and proximal ends, configured to be inserted into a vessel of a patient;
an imaging device coupled to the distal end of the elongated tubular member and configured to emit one or more energy pulses and receive one or more echo signals; and a console electrically coupled to the imaging device, wherein the console includes a processor configured to execute a process including generating an image of the vessel and providing a graphical representation of a stent to be overlaid onto the image.
an elongated tubular member having distal and proximal ends, configured to be inserted into a vessel of a patient;
an imaging device coupled to the distal end of the elongated tubular member and configured to emit one or more energy pulses and receive one or more echo signals; and a console electrically coupled to the imaging device, wherein the console includes a processor configured to execute a process including generating an image of the vessel and providing a graphical representation of a stent to be overlaid onto the image.
2. The medical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the imaging device comprises an ultrasound imaging transducer assembly.
3. The medical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the image is a longitudinal image.
4. The medical imaging system of claim 3, wherein the longitudinal image is generated by stacking cross-sectional frames generated as the imaging transducer assembly is being pulled back within the vessel.
5. The medical imaging system of claim 4, wherein the sequence of instructions further comprises generating a user interface to present the image of the vessel.
6. The medical imaging system of claim 5, wherein the user interface provides controls that allow a user to playback the longitudinal image frame-by-frame.
7. The medical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the sequence of instructions further comprises providing a library of different stents from which a user can choose to overlay onto the image of the vessel.
8. The medical imaging system of claim 1, wherein a location of the graphical representation of a stent may be adjusted by a user.
9. The medical imaging system of claim 8, wherein the distal and proximal ends of a stent location may be bookmarked.
10. A system for estimating the size, location, and position of a stent to be applied within a vessel of a patient, comprising:
a means for generating longitudinal image of the vessel; and a means for providing a graphical representation of a stent to be overlaid onto the image.
a means for generating longitudinal image of the vessel; and a means for providing a graphical representation of a stent to be overlaid onto the image.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the longitudinal image is generated by stacking cross-sectional frames generated as an imaging transducer assembly is being pulled back within the vessel.
12. The system claim 11, further comprising a means for generating a user interface to present the image of the vessel.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the user interface provides controls that allow a user to playback the longitudinal image frame-by-frame.
14. The system of claim 10, further comprising a means for providing a library of stents of different sizes from which a user can choose to overlay onto the image of the vessel.
15. The system of claim 10, wherein a location of the graphical representation of a stent may be established by a user.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the location may be bookmarked.
17. A computer program product that includes a computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes said processor to execute a process for estimating the size, location, and position of a stent to be applied within a vessel of a patient, comprising:
generating an image of the vessel;
and providing a graphical representation of a stent to be overlaid onto the image.
generating an image of the vessel;
and providing a graphical representation of a stent to be overlaid onto the image.
18. The medical imaging system of claim 1, wherein the graphical representation of the stent is transparent.
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