SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR TRACKING VESSEL MOTION DURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CORONARY ARTERY MICROSCOPY

• US 20100110414A1
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation (Mass General Brigham, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation (Mass General Brigham, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ha, Jinyong, Colice, Christopher Max, Tearney, Guillermo J., Shishkov, Milen, Bouma, Brett E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,593,619 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 356/28.500
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/364 Correlation of different images or relation of image positions in respect to the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/3782 transmitter or receiver in catheter or minimal invasive instrument
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0062 Arrangements for scanning
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0066 Optical coherence imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0084 for introduction into the body, e.g. by catheters A61B5/1459 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0097 by applying acoustic waves and detecting light, i.e. acoustooptic measurements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1076 for measuring dimensions inside body cavities, e.g. using catheters A61B3/1005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1114 Tracking parts of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/489 Blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6844 Monitoring or controlling distance between sensor and tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6852 Catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/08 Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings A61B8/02 - A61B8/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/0891 for diagnosis of blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/12 in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters catheters per se A61M25/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/488 involving Doppler signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/36 Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/50 Systems of measurement, based on relative movement of the target
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/60 wherein the transmitter and receiver are mounted on the moving object, e.g. for determining ground speed, drift angle, ground track
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/87 Combinations of sonar systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 17/50 Systems of measurement based on relative movement of target
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 17/87 : Combinations of systems using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of apparatus, method and computer accessible medium can be provided which can facilitate a determination of at least one characteristic of a structure. For example, it is possible to use at least one first arrangement which can be structured to provide at least one first transmitted radiation along a first axis and at least one second transmitted radiation along a second axis. The first and second transmitted radiations can impact the structure and generate respective first and second returned radiation. The first and second axis can be provided at a predetermined angle with respect with one another which is greater than 0. Further, at least one second arrangement can be provided which can be configured to receive data associated with the first and second returned radiations, and determine at least one relative velocity between the structure and the first arrangement along the first and second axes.

Claims

1. An apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a structure, comprising:

at least one first arrangement which is structured to provide at least one first transmitted radiation along a first axis and at least one second transmitted radiation along a second axis, wherein the first and second transmitted radiations impact the structure and generate respective first and second returned radiation, and wherein the first and second axes are provided at a predetermined angle with respect with one another which is greater than 0; and

at least one second arrangement which is configured to receive data associated with the first and second returned radiation, and determine at least one relative velocity between the structure and the at least one first arrangement along the first and second axes.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second transmitted radiations are electro-magnetic radiations.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second transmitted radiations are ultrasound radiations.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second transmitted radiations have different wavelengths.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data corresponds to a Doppler shift between the first and second transmitted radiations and the first and second returned radiations.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data corresponds to a time rate of change of a distance between the apparatus and the structure along the first and second axes.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first arrangement extends along a longitudinal axis, and wherein a first velocity along the first axis and a second velocity along the second axis is used to determine a further relative velocity between the apparatus and the structure at least approximately along the longitudinal axis.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein at least one of a position or a rotation of the apparatus is determined based on the further relative velocity.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising at least one third arrangement which is configured to generate at least one image of at least one portion of the structure as a function of the at least one relative velocity.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the at least one third arrangement generates the at least one image using an optical frequency domain interferometric procedure.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the at least one third arrangement generates the at least one image using an optical coherence interferometric procedure.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the at least one third arrangement generates the at least one image using an ultrasound procedure.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the at least one third arrangement is provided in a catheter.

14. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the at least one first arrangement includes a portion having a section which is structured to reflect at least one of the first and second transmitted radiations and at least partially allow to pass therethrough the other one of the first and second transmitted radiations based on respective wavelengths of the first and second transmitted radiations.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the reflected radiation and the pass through radiation are provided at the predetermined angle.

16. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first arrangement is structured to at least one of collimate or focus at least one of the at least one first transmitted radiation or the at least one second transmitted radiation.

17. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second axes impact the structure at positive and negative angles, respectively, with respect to an axis perpendicular to a surface of the structure.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the at least one second arrangement is further configured to distinguish between a relative motion between the structure and the at least one first arrangement in two dimensions based on the first and second returned radiations.

19. A method for determining at least one characteristic of a structure, comprising:

providing at least one first transmitted radiation along a first axis and at least one second transmitted radiation along a second axis using a particular arrangement, wherein the first and second transmitted radiations impact the structure and generate respective first and second returned radiation, and wherein the first and second axis are provided at a predetermined angle with respect with one another which is greater than 0;

receiving data associated with the first and second returned radiations; and

determining at least one relative velocity between the structure and the particular arrangement along the first and second axes.

20. A computer accessible medium which provides software thereon for determining at least one characteristic of a structure, wherein, when a computer processing arrangement executes the software, the computer processing arrangement is configured to perform procedures comprising:

receiving data associated with first and second returned radiations which are provided from the structure and which are associated with third and fourth transmitted radiations, respectively, impacting the structure, wherein the third transmitted radiation is provided along a first axis and the fourth transmitted radiation is provided along a second axis using a particular arrangement, wherein the third and fourth transmitted radiations impact the structure and generate the respective first and second returned radiation, and wherein the first and second axis are provided at a predetermined angle with respect with one another which is greater than 0; and

determining at least one relative velocity between the structure and the particular arrangement along the first and second axes.