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Granted Patent B2
US 12,533,100 · App. 18/075,518 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Registration of intraluminal physiological data to longitudinal image body lumen using extraluminal imaging data

Inventors: Asher Cohen (San Diego, CA); Pei-Yin Chao (Eindhoven, NL); Ronald Christiaan Helmstrijd (Eindhoven, NL); Efrat Preisler (Haifa, IL)
Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
A61B6/5247A61B6/12A61B6/463A61B8/12G06T7/0012G06T7/20G06T7/30G06T11/00A61B5/0215G06T2207/10116G06T2207/30104G06T2210/41
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Patent No.
US 12,533,100
App. No.
18/075,518
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes a processor circuit that receives intravascular imaging data from an intravascular imaging catheter, an x-ray image from an x-ray imaging device, and intravascular pressure data from an intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire. The processor circuit correlates the intravascular imaging data and the intravascular pressure data to locations along a body lumen shown in the x-ray image. The processor circuit generates a longitudinal view of the body lumen based on the intravascular imaging data and outputs a screen display including the longitudinal view of the body lumen with an overlaid graphical representation corresponding to the intravascular pressure measurements.

Claims (55)

1 . A system comprising:

an intravascular imaging catheter configured for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) or optical coherence tomography (OCT);

an intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire; and

a processor circuit configured for communication with the intravascular imaging catheter and the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire, wherein the processor circuit is configured to:

control the intravascular imaging catheter to obtain a plurality of intravascular images during movement of the intravascular imaging catheter through a blood vessel of a patient;

co-register the plurality of intravascular images to first corresponding positions along the blood vessel;

identify, based on co-registering the plurality of intravascular images, a starting position of the movement of the intravascular imaging catheter and a length along the blood vessel traveled by the intravascular imaging catheter during the movement of the intravascular imaging catheter:

control the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire to obtain a plurality of intravascular pressure measurements during movement of the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire through the blood vessel;

co-register the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements to second corresponding positions along the blood vessel;

identify, based on co-registering the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements, a starting position of the movement of the intravascular pressure-sensing quidewire and a length along the blood vessel traveled by the intravascular pressure-sensing quidewire during the movement of the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire;

determine an offset between the starting position of the movement of the intravascular imaging catheter and the starting position of the movement of the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire;

generate a longitudinal view of the blood vessel based on the plurality of intravascular images such that the longitudinal view comprises a stack of the plurality of intravascular images;

generate a graphical representation based on the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements; and

output, to a display in communication with the processor circuit, a screen display comprising:

the longitudinal view of the blood vessel; and

the graphical representation overlaid on the longitudinal view,

wherein the graphical representation is overlaid on the longitudinal view based on the offset.

2 . The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the graphical representation is overlaid on the longitudinal view such that a location along the graphical representation corresponds to a location along the longitudinal view, and

wherein the location along the graphical representation and the location along the longitudinal view are representative of a same corresponding position along the blood vessel.

3 . The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the graphical representation is overlaid on the longitudinal view based on:

the length along the blood vessel traveled by the intravascular imaging catheter;

and the length along the blood vessel traveled by the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire.

4 . The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor circuit is further configured to:

identify, based on co-registering the plurality of intravascular images, an ending position of the movement of the intravascular imaging catheter; and

identify, based on co-registering the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements, an ending position of the movement of the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire;

wherein the graphical representation is overlaid on the longitudinal view based on:

the starting position of the movement of the intravascular imaging catheter;

the ending position of the movement of the intravascular imaging catheter;

the starting position of the movement of the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire; and

the ending position of the movement of the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the graphical representation comprises a plot based on the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements.

6 . The system of claim 5 ,

wherein the processor circuit is further configured to calculate a plurality of pressure ratios using the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements, and

wherein the plot based on the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements comprises a plot of the plurality of pressure ratios.

7 . The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor circuit is configured to generate a further graphical representation based on the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements,

wherein the screen display comprises the further graphical representation overlaid on the longitudinal view,

wherein the graphical representation comprises a conditioned plot based on the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements, and

wherein the further graphical representation comprises a raw plot based on the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements.

8 . The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor circuit is further configured to calculate a plurality of pressure ratios using the plurality of intravascular pressure measurements, and

wherein the graphical representation comprises a plurality of shapes representative of amounts of change between the plurality of pressure ratios.

9 . The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor circuit is configured to receive, from a user input device in communication with the processor circuit, a user input selecting a portion of the longitudinal view; and

wherein the screen display further comprises an indicator overlaid on the longitudinal view and identifying the portion of the longitudinal view.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the screen display further comprises:

an extraluminal image of the blood vessel;

an indicator of the length along the blood vessel traveled by the intravascular imaging catheter overlaid on the extraluminal image; and

an indicator of the length along the blood vessel traveled by the intravascular pressure-sensing guidewire overlaid on the extraluminal image.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the screen display further comprises:

an extraluminal image of the blood vessel; and

an intravascular image of the plurality of intravascular images.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2022
From: COHEN, ASHER; CHAO, PEI-YIN; HELMSTRIJD, RONALD CHRISTIAAN; PREISLER, EFRAT
To: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061989/0540 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63292529 · Dec 22, 2021
Provisional Application 63288553 · Dec 11, 2021
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