Neil Judell;Robert Steinbrecher;Joel Friedman;Christopher L. Petersen
发明人:
Neil Judell,Robert Steinbrecher,Joel Friedman,Christopher L. Petersen
申请号:
US12888355
公开号:
US08412312B2
申请日:
2010.09.22
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
In one aspect, the invention relates to a computer-implemented method of triggering optical coherence tomography data collection. The method includes collecting optical coherence tomography data with respect to a vessel using an optical coherence tomography probe disposed in the vessel; determining a clearing radius and a quality value for each frame of optical coherence tomography data collected for the vessel using a computer; determining if a blood clearing state has occurred using at least one clearing radius and at least one quality value; and generating a trigger signal in response to the blood clearing state.