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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
King's College London, London, GB;
Ravindra Mohan Manjeshwar, Glenville, NY (US);
Kris Filip Johan Jules Thielemans, London, GB;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving Emission Tomography (ET) data of a subject from an ET/Computed Tomography (CT) scanner. The method further includes generating a first motion signal corresponding to a first bed position of the ET/CT scanner from the received ET data and determining whether the first motion signal indicates a periodic motion. The method also includes calculating a first time period from the first motion signal in response to determining that the first motion signal indicates the periodic motion and sending a first acquire notification to the ET/CT scanner to acquire Cinematographic (CINE) Computed Tomography (CT) data from the first bed position based on the first time period.