VASCULAR IMAGE CO-REGISTRATION

摘要

A system and method for providing a vascular image are disclosed wherein a single composite display simultaneously provides a first view of a patient including an angiogram image and a second view including an intravascular image rendered from information provided by an imaging probe on distal end of a flexible elongate member. A cursor, haying a position derived from image information provided by a radiopaque marker proximate the imaging probe, is displayed within the angiogram image to correlate the of the imaging probe to a presently displayed intravascular image and thus provide an easily discernable identification of a position within a patient corresponding to a currently displayed intravascular image.; The resulting composite display simultaneously provides: an intravascular image that includes information about a vessel that is not available from an angiogram and a current location within a vessel of a source of intravascular image data from which the intravascular image is rendered.