| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for substantially synchronizing acquisition of blood-vessel data to an identifiable portion of heartbeat data. <P>SOLUTION: Specifically, a data-gathering device is adapted to acquire heartbeat data and blood-vessel data from a heart-monitoring device and a data-gathering probe, respectively, the blood-vessel data being acquired during a cyclical portion of the heartbeat data. By identifying a cyclical (or commonly reoccurring) portion of the heartbeat data and acquiring blood-vessel data during this cyclical portion, the blood vessel can be analyzed as if it were standing still, i.e., not expanding and relaxing. The heart-monitoring device 130 includes an EKG device, the data-gathering device 110 includes an intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS) device 212 and a computing device 214, and the data-gathering probe includes at least one transducer. The data-gathering system further includes a retraction device adapted to move the data-gathering probe though a blood vessel at a substantially steady speed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
