Patent Document ID: 9737259
Application ID: 13851198
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for providing an image, comprising: an imaging unit configured to photograph an inner part of a blood vessel into which a stent is inserted to provide a plurality of tomographic images; a first analysis unit configured to analyze the plurality of tomographic images to generate data on strut distribution of the stent; a second analysis unit configured to analyze the plurality of tomographic images to generate data on a thickness of a neointima; a first image generation unit configured to generate a strut distribution chart of a 2D image using the data on the strut distribution; a second image generation unit configured to generate a contour map for the thickness of the neointima using the data on the thickness of the neointima; and a composition unit configured to composite the strut distribution chart and the contour map, wherein the second analysis unit generates the thickness of the neointima using a linear distance running from the strut to a newly formed vessel wall when the strut is stenosed in a preexisting vessel wall, or generates the thickness of the neointima subtracting a linear distance running from the preexisting vessel wall to the strut from a linear distance running from the strut to the newly formed vessel wall when the strut is not stenosed in the preexisting vessel wall, or generates the thickness of the neointima as zero (0) when the strut is stenosed in the preexisting vessel wall but the neointima is not generated, or generates the thickness of the neointima using a negative number having a size corresponding to a linear distance running from the preexisting vessel wall to the strut, wherein the second image generation unit draws a contour line by connecting points having the same values obtained from the data of the thickness of the neointima generated at the second analysis unit and generates a contour map using the contour line, and wherein the composition unit displays the contour map in a different shade depending on the contour line generated using the thickness of the neointima.