Patent ID: 7289842

Claim:
A system for medical examination or treatment, comprising: a catheter of a catheter system, the catheter comprising: a first sensor of an imaging system for optical coherence tomography having an optical fiber for directing and emitting light into an area adjacent to a catheter tip introduced into an examination area and for directing reflected light from the illuminated examination area to a first image processing device; and a second sensor of an intravascular ultrasound imaging system for transmitting and receiving sound pulses fed to a second image processing device as electrical signals; and at least one display device for outputting of images processed by the first and the second image processing device wherein the display device: displays an image generated by the first image processing device in a center area on a screen of the display device, wherein the center area is a circular section of the image generated by the first image processing device, and displays an image generated by the second image processing device in an outer area on the screen of the display device and wherein the display device jointly merges and displays the images processed by the first and the second image processing devices.