摘要:
The present invention relates to a system for evaluating a vessel of a patient, the system comprising a processor configured to obtain a first series of pressure measurements from a first instrument within the vessel over a time period while the first instrument is moved longitudinally through the vessel from a first position to a second position, obtain a second series of pressure measurements from a second instrument positioned within the vessel over the time period while the second instrument remains in a fixed longitudinal position within the vessel, calculate a series of pressure ratio values using the first pressure measurements and the second pressure measurements, generate a pressure ratio curve for the time period using the series of pressure ratio values, identify a stepped change in the pressure ratio curve using an automatic step detection process, the automatic step detection process including identifying a general position of an ending point of the stepped change by identifying a change in the pressure ratio values within a third window along the pressure ratio curve that is at or below a third threshold change value, identifying an optimized position of the ending point by identifying a change in the pressure ratio values within a fourth window along the pressure ratio curve that is at or below a fourth threshold change value, wherein the fourth window is smaller than the third window, and the fourth threshold change value is smaller than the third threshold change value.
摘要:
A method for processing a sequence of ultrasound frames for display includes receiving a sequence of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) frames of a vessel having a lumen, the sequence including a first frame and a second frame; determining one or more texture features for each of one or more regions of the first frame; determining at least one flow feature for each of the one or more regions by comparing the first and second frames; deriving a lumen border for the first frame using the one or more texture features and the at least one flow feature to characterize the one or more regions as within or outside of the lumen of the vessel; and displaying an ultrasound image of the first frame with the lumen border.