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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2007
Jonathan Lessick, Haifa, IL;
Jonathan Lessick, Haifa, IL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A computed tomography system () includes a windowing component () that receives an ECG signal that includes a premature heart cycle. The ECG signal is time-synchronized with x-ray projection data of a beating heart. The windowing component () either removes or repositions a first reconstruction window within a first heart cycle to correspond to a desired cardiac phase when the premature heart cycle causes the first reconstruction window to correspond to a different cardiac phase, based on available data. A reconstructor () that reconstructs projection data corresponding to a plurality of reconstruction windows from different cardiac cycles generates image data indicative of the desired phase of the heart.