Patent ID: 11963740
Assignee: CANON U.S.A., INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 6:
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors further operate to one or more of the following:
perform the extraction of the lumen edge(s) or the portions of the lumen edge(s) from secondary peaks near the border of the lumen and the one or more stents or stent struts, the extracted lumen edge(s) or portions of the lumen edges being used to form the additional valid lumen edge or edges;
identify one or more valid lumen edges or portions of the lumen edge or edges that exist as secondary peaks behind a stent peak near the border region; and/or
include the extracted one or more valid lumen edges in lumen edge results to improve the quality of the lumen edge results and to help form or create the whole lumen curve.