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Respiration monitor for computed tomography

  • US 20060074300A1
  • Filed: 12/19/2003
  • Published: 04/06/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A diagnostic imaging system including:

  • a diagnostic imaging scanner that acquires imaging data of a subject in an examination region;

    a reconstruction processor that reconstructs the acquired imaging data into an image representation;

    a pair of electrodes adapted to contact a thoracic region of the subject;

    an electrical meter that measures a time-varying electrical parameter across the electrode pair; and

    a monitor that extracts a time-varying respiration characteristic from the measured time-varying electrical parameter.

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