Abstract: The invention relates to a medical investigation and/or treatment system comprising: a catheter system, comprising a catheter (1, 7, 9), with a first sensor (4, 11) of an imaging system for optical coherence tomography with an optical fiber via which the light is directed and is radiated in the area of a catheter tip introduced into an area to be investigated, via which fiber reflection light is directed from an illuminated investigation area to a first image processing unit (22), a second sensor (3, 8, 10) of an intravascular ultrasound imaging system to transmit and receive sound pulses which are fed as an electrical signal to a second image processing unit (23), und at least one display unit (24) for presenting the images of the first and second image processing unit (22, 23).
Abstract: A system and a method for obtaining a digital image of a heart of a person are provided. The system scans an internal anatomy of a chest region of the person to obtain scanning data. The system further generates a digital image of four chambers of the heart based on the scanning data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 18, 2004
Date of Patent:
October 9, 2007
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Sandeep Narendra Gupta, Glenn Scott Slavin, Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo