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AUTOMATED DETECTION OF CARDIAC MOTION USING CONTRAST MARKERS

  • US 20070167758A1
  • Filed: 11/22/2006
  • Published: 07/19/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for determining motion of a tissue location in a subject, said method comprising:

  • (a) locating a first contrast marker in a first image, wherein said first contrast marker is stably associated with said tissue location;

    (b) locating said first contrast marker in a second image that is taken at a time point after said first image; and

    (c) evaluating motion of said first contrast marker in said first image relative to said first contrast marker in said second image to determine motion of said tissue location.

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