DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ULTRASOUND IMAGES OF A VESSEL

摘要

The invention relates to a device and a method for displaying a vessel ( 2 ) with the aid of intravascular ultrasound images ( 1 ). A sequence of intravascular ultrasound images (I(E,x)) is generated by means of a probe ( 5 ) and stored in a memory ( 10 ) in a manner indexed by the associated location (x) where they were generated and also the associated heartbeat phase (E) and/or breathing phase. During a subsequent medical intervention, those ultrasound images (I₁ ,1 ₂ ,1 ₃) which best correspond to the heartbeat phase of a current fluoroscopic image (A_t) or belong to the current stopping location of a catheter ( 13 ) can be selected from the memory ( 10 ) and displayed on a monitor ( 12 ).