Arterial Wall Characterization in Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging

A method, including: obtaining, by a processor, imaging data from a vessel; detecting, using the processor, an inner wall of the vessel based on the imaging data; identifying, using the processor, a plurality of visible edge portions of an outer wall of the vessel based on the imaging data; fitting, using the processor, a continuous surface model to the plurality of identified visible edge portions of the outer wall; and detecting, using the processor, the outer wall of the vessel based on fitting the continuous surface model to the plurality of identified visible edge portions of the outer wall such that the imaging data has defined therein a wall area between the inner wall and the outer wall of the vessel.