Methods and apparatus for cardiac imaging with conventional computed tomography
US6639965B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/027
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for imaging a heart with a scanning computed tomography (CT) imaging system. A cardiac cycle of a patient is measured. The patient's heart is then scanned with the scanning CT imaging system at an angular rate asynchronous to the measured cardiac cycle to obtain image data. An image of the patient's heart is then assembled from chronologically discontinuous segments of the image data. The image is representative of a selected portion of the cardiac cycle.
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