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Method and apparatus for time gating of medical images

  • US 7,314,446 B2
  • Filed: 12/03/2004
  • Issued: 01/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical cardiac imaging system, comprising:

  • a signal generator adapted and configured to obtain a signal from at least one electrocardiograph (ECG) sensor;

    imaging equipment comprising an intra-body ultrasound catheter having a linear phased array transducer adapted and configured to obtain a plurality of ultrasound images of a cardiac feature of interest; and

    a processor programmed with an operating mode adapted and configured to;

    receive the signal from the signal generator;

    analyze the signal to determine a presence of a particular complex and intermittently recurring ECG wave form;

    trigger the imaging equipment to obtain at least a plurality of images of the cardiac feature of interest upon determining the presence of the particular complex and intermittently recurring ECG wave form; and

    correlate the plurality of images with the signal.

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