A lumen wall of a blood vessel, such as a coronary artery, is imaged by inserting a catheter into the vessel and emitting near-IR radiation toward the lumen wall through a side window formed in the catheter. Blood flowing through the vessel is caused to react with a fin arrangement formed on a body of the catheter to displace the window toward a region of the lumen wall opposing the window in order to minimize the amount of blood that is interposed between the window and the lumen wall. Thus, the amount of radiation that is scattered or absorbed by the blood is minimized.

Una pared del lumen de un vaso sanguíneo, tal como una arteria coronaria, es reflejada insertando un catéter en el recipiente y emitiendo la radiación cercano-near-IR hacia la pared del lumen a través de una ventana lateral formada en el catéter. La sangre que atraviesa el recipiente se hace para reaccionar con un arreglo de la aleta formado en un cuerpo del catéter para desplazar la ventana hacia una región de la pared del lumen que opone la ventana para reducir al mínimo la cantidad de sangre que se interponga entre la ventana y la pared del lumen. Así, la cantidad de radiación que sea dispersada o absorbida por la sangre se reduce al mínimo.

 
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