Patent Document ID: 6095976
Application ID: 08879125
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for intravascular ultrasound imaging, comprising the steps of: placing an ultrasound signal transmitter and detector, within a bodily lumen; detecting ultrasound signals; deriving a first image from a first set of detected ultrasound signals; processing and digitizing the first set of detected ultrasound signals; deriving a first two-dimensional array from the digitized first set of detected ultrasound signals, the first two-dimensional array including a first plurality of elements wherein the first image is configured as the first two-dimensional array; deriving a second image from a second set of the detected ultrasound signals; processing and digitizing the second set of detected ultrasound signals; deriving a second two-dimensional array from the digitized second set of detected ultrasound signals, wherein the second image is configured as the second two-dimensional array, the second two-dimensional array including a second plurality of elements, each one of the first plurality of elements and the second plurality of elements representing a detected ultrasound signal from a predetermined spatial location; and performing a shift evaluation of the second image in relation to the first image in order to detect a motion.