Patent ID: 11944778
Assignee: CANON U.S.A., INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 2:
3. The imaging device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors further operate to one or more of the following:
(i) process or display the region of interest (ROI) as an annulus on a scan converted image of the object, target, or sample being a partly cleared vessel image with overlaid annulus inner and outer rings;
(ii) process or display the region of interest (ROI) with a blacked out background for the image beyond an annulus;
(iii) perform subsampling in the A-lines direction to improve or optimize processing; and/or
(iv) process the subsampling every other A-line or one A-line for every three or more A-lines.