Patent ID: 8529455

Claim:
A medical imaging system comprising: an elongated tubular member having distal and proximal ends, configured to be inserted into a vessel of a patient; an imaging device coupled to the distal end of the elongated tubular member and configured to emit one or more energy pulses and receive one or more echo signals; and a console electrically coupled to the imaging device, wherein the console includes a computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which when executed by a processor causes the processor to execute a process comprising generating a composite longitudinal image of the vessel by stacking cross-sectional frames generated as the imaging device is pulled back within a vessel, wherein the cross-sectional frames are stacked along a longitudinal axis of the composite longitudinal image, and generating a user interface comprising a window for displaying the composite longitudinal image, controls for enabling a user to make adjustments to the composite longitudinal image, and a graphical palette comprising a plurality of graphical representations of medical devices each having different predefined size dimensions, the plurality of graphical representations comprising a first graphical representation, the first graphical representation having user-adjustable size dimensions that are adjustable solely to the predefined size dimensions of the remaining graphical representations of the graphical palette, wherein the user interface is configured and arranged to enable the user to select and drag the first graphical representation of the medical device within the window.