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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E. Woodford, Waukesha, WI (US);
Kishore C. Acharya, Brookfield, WI (US);
Steven J. Woloschek, Franklin, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A method is described for controlling x-ray exposure during gated cardiac scanning, including the steps of detecting a first cardiac signal; starting scanning after a pre-selected wait time after detecting the first cardiac signal; and stopping the scanning after a first to occur of passage of a pre-selected data collection time and detection of a second cardiac signal.