Signal processing for intravascular imaging

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14508707

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An intravascular imaging system includes a transducer capable of generating raw data representative of the structure of a patient's vasculature. The system includes an imaging engine for receiving the raw data and generating enhanced data for presentation to a user. The imaging engine includes a coherence filter, an envelope detection module having one or more envelope detectors, and a spatial filter for processing data in various stages. Such stages of processing in the imaging engine act to reduce high frequency noise, generate low frequency data, reduce low frequency noise, and display low frequency data with an improved signal-to-noise ratio. The system can include an image generator for generating an image based on enhanced data and a display for displaying the generated image.

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ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC7905 FULLER ROAD EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344

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Lam, Duc San Jose, US 20 1235
Reynolds, J Steve Palo Alto, US 5 250

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