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Heart imaging method

US5038791A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 1990
Grant dateAug 13, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/318
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for providing an image of the human heart's electrical system derives time-of-flight data from an array of EKG electrodes and this data is transformed into phase information. The phase information, treated as a hologram, is reconstructed to provide an image in one or two dimensions of the electrical system of the functioning heart.

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