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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Erdogan Cesmeli, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for imaging a selected coronary artery utilizing a computed tomography (CT) imaging system. The method includes utilizing a data compilation of low motion cardiac phases and corresponding coronary artery branch segments to select a cardiac phase corresponding to the selected coronary artery branch segment. A volume of the patient's heart including the selected coronary artery branch segment is scanned to acquire projection data. The projection data includes data acquired during the selected cardiac phase of a plurality of cardiac cycles. Projection data acquired during the selected cardiac phase is selectively utilized to effectively reduce motion artifacts of the selected coronary artery branch segment on a reconstructed image.