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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2002
Prathyusha K. Salla, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gopal B. Avinash, New Berlin, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A method, storage medium, and system for selecting an optimal trigger point in a cardiac cycle includes providing an input signal including non-electrical cardiac related data, analyzing the input signal to detect candidate features, sorting through the candidate features to select optimal features, and selecting an optimal trigger point. A method, storage medium, and system of selecting an arbitrary cardiac phase for cardiac gating includes identifying a trigger point identifying onset of a systole or diastole phase on a signal, the trigger point existing at time t , specifying a time &dgr; t before the trigger point and extending from a time t to a time t , wherein time t is earlier than time t , and selecting a time interval T over which an image will be reconstructed, wherein the time interval T extends from time t to a time t , wherein time t is later than time t