A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen
boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel …

Apparatus and methods are provided for imaging a tool inside a portion of a subject's body
that undergoes motion. A plurality of image frames of the portion are acquired. An image …

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US PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,336,178 A 8/1994 Kaplan et al. 5,346,689 A 9/1994 Peyman et …

BACKGROUND Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a promising diagnostic imaging
technology that utilizes advanced photo nics and fiber optics to obtain cross-sectional …

The present invention relates generally to rotatable optical couplings, and more particularly
to a manually separable and re-connectable optical-electrical rotary joint. The invention …

The invention relates to an apparatus for in vivo imaging. More specifically, the present
invention relates to a catheter that incorporates an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) …

Apparatus and methods are provided for use with an endoluminal data-acquisition device
that acquires a set of endoluminal data-points of a lumen of a subject's body at respective …

In one aspect, the invention relates to a computer-imple mented method of triggering optical
coherence tomography data collection. The method includes collecting optical coherence …

A61B5/0033—Features or image-related aspects of imaging apparatus classified in
A61B5/00, eg for MRI, optical tomography or impedance tomography apparatus; …

Apparatus and methods are described for imaging a portion of a body of a subject that
undergoes motion. A plurality of image frames of the portion are acquired. A stream of image …