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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2012
Sven Kabus, Hamburg, DE;
Hans-aloys Wischmann, Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE;
Cristian Lorenz, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A respiratory motion determination apparatus determines respiratory motion of a living being (). A raw data providing unit () provides raw data assigned to different times, wherein the raw data are indicative of a structure like the apex of the heart muscle, which is influenced by cardiac motion and by respiratory motion. A reconstruction unit () reconstructs intermediate images of the structure from the provided raw data. A structure detection unit () detects the structure in the reconstructed intermediate images. A respiratory motion determination unit () determines the respiratory motion of the living being based on the structure detected in the reconstructed intermediate images. This allows determining respiratory motion with high accuracy, without relying on, for example, a stable correlation between a tracking signal of an external respiratory gating device and respiratory phases.