GERÄT ZUR BLUTGEFÄSSWANDTEMPERATURMESSUNG

摘要

The present invention provides a method for obtaining temperature data at a vascular wall by using a vascular catheter apparatus for temperature measurement of vascular tissue. A computer program associated with the vascular catheter apparatus is provided for manipulating image data and temperature data to generate an output in which the temperature data is mapped onto a corresponding position on an image where that temperature data was detected to provide an integrated graphical image output. The temperature data is thermography data that represents surface temperature at a vascular wall, and the image data is representative of the vascular wall morphology.