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CT integrated respiratory monitor

  • US 7,182,083 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2002
  • Issued: 02/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a respiratory sensor adapted to generate a respiratory signal representative of breath hold levels of a patient during a breath hold;

    an imaging device operatively connected with said respiratory sensor and configured to scan the patient during said breath hold and generate a volumetric image data set of the patient, the imaging device being programmed to record said volumetric image volume data set of the patient and said respiratory signal representative of the breath hold levels of the patent taken at a plurality of points in time during said breath hold; and

    ,a breath hold determining circuit receiving said respiratory signal and generating a breath hold sustained signal indicating that said respiratory signal remained within a predetermined range during a predetermined time period, the breath hold sustained signal being associated in said apparatus with said volumetric image data set of the patient.

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