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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Tin-su Pan, Brookfield, WI (US);
Steve Woloschek, Franklin, WI (US);
H. David He, Waukesha, WI (US);
Tin-Su Pan, Brookfield, WI (US);
Steve Woloschek, Franklin, WI (US);
H. David He, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method of medical imaging using a variable speed patient positioning table are provided. The patient positioning table is configured to operate at a plurality of table speeds during acquisition of data from a selected region, such as the thorax region baying predefined cardiac and non-cardiac regions. In a non-cardiac region, the table is controlled to move at one speed and when the cardiac region is detected, the table is controlled to move at another speed, preferably faster than in the cardiac region to speed data acquisition and eliminate motion artifacts.