A medical system includes a catheter having an elongated tubular member
and an inner core slideably received within the elongated member. The
inner core includes an imager on a distal end and is coupled with a
control system and an imaging system. The inner core is configured to
scan the interior of a lumen by radially rotating around a center axis
and axially translating along the center axis while within the elongated
member. The medical system is configured to dynamically image a body
lumen at a high speed in order to allow for optical imaging in a safe
manner without long durations of blood sequestration and displacement.
The medical system is configured to obtain three dimensional images of
the body lumen with as little as one dimensional scanning of the lumen.
Images of the lumen can be stored and viewed at a desired rate after
scanning.