Neointima Thickness Contour Mapping for Stent Integration Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for analyzing implant placement and stent integration in tissues face limitations in qualitative analysis, particularly in determining the location and binding of implants within tissues, as well as the thickness of neointima growth, which are crucial for assessing stenosis and periimplantitis, due to the lack of comprehensive two-dimensional imaging techniques.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes a combination of imaging units, analysis units, and image generation units to convert three-dimensional tissue structures into two-dimensional images, providing detailed information on implant location, binding, stenosis, and neointima thickness through contour mapping and composition of implant location information maps and contour maps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If statistical analysis is used to measure neointima thickness from OCT images, then quantitative measurement is achieved, but qualitative analysis capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms 3D tissue structures into 2D images using contour mapping techniques. By creating contour maps that represent neointima thickness, implant location, and binding information in two dimensions, the system enables comprehensive qualitative analysis while maintaining measurement precision. This dimensional transformation allows clinicians to visualize and analyze multiple parameters simultaneously in a single 2D representation.
2Loss of information
If 3D tissue structure data is collected to comprehensively analyze implant integration, then analysis completeness is improved, but image visualization and interpretation difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts complex 3D tissue structures containing implant location, binding, and neointima thickness information into simplified 2D contour maps. This dimensional reduction maintains all essential information while making the data visually interpretable and easier to analyze clinically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates contour map copies that represent different aspects of implant-tissue interaction (implant location, binding, neointima thickness) and composites them into a single integrated 2D image. This copying and compositing approach preserves comprehensive information while providing a unified visual representation for clinical assessment.
3Measurement precision
If multiple separate analyses are performed for implant location, binding, and neointima thickness, then analysis precision is maintained, but analysis complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate analysis functions into a single integrated system that simultaneously determines implant location, binding characteristics, and neointima thickness. The contour mapping approach combines these analyses into unified 2D representations, maintaining measurement precision for each parameter while dramatically improving analysis efficiency by eliminating the need for separate analysis steps.
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AI summary
A system and method for providing an image capable of realizing conversion of a 3D tissue structure into which an implant is inserted into a 2D image using a contour technique are provided. The system for providing an image includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an inner part of a blood vessel into which an implant is inserted to provide a plurality of tomographic images, a first analysis unit configured to analyze the plurality of tomographic images to generate data on strut distribution of the stent, a second analysis unit configured to analyze the plurality of tomographic images to generate data on a thickness of a neointima, a first image generation unit configured to generate a strut distribution chart of a 2D image using the data on the strut distribution, a second image generation unit configured to generate a contour map for the thickness of the neointima using the data on the thickness of the neointima, and a composition unit configured to composite the strut distribution chart and the contour map.