Tracking an intraluminal catheter
A catheter and lumen technology, used in the field of tracking catheters, can solve the problems of difficult catheter tracking and visualization, inaccurate tracking, etc., and achieve the effect of overcoming the shadow of the direct detection transducer
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[0032] Methods and systems are described herein by way of example, according to embodiments of the present invention, including an image data acquisition instrument and a data / image processor that generates a view on a single display that is simultaneously provided and viewed Intravascular images and positional information associated with an imaging probe (eg, IVUS transducer probe) mounted on a flexible elongate element (eg, catheter, guidewire, etc.). As described in more detail herein, systems according to the present disclosure are configured to precisely track the position of an intravascular imaging catheter within a blood vessel during diagnostic and / or interventional procedures based at least in part on radiolucent characteristics of the catheter.
[0033] First refer to figure 1 , an exemplary system is schematically depicted for carrying out the present invention in the form of co-registration of angiography / fluoroscopy and intravascular ultrasound images. Radiology...
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