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Systems and methods for gating an imaging device

  • US 8,400,149 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2009
  • Issued: 03/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of obtaining imaging data from a patient, the method comprising:

  • receiving from a sensor that comprises at least one light emitter and a detector a plethysmographic signal that represents light that has been at least partially absorbed by tissue of the patient;

    analyzing with a processor the plethysmographic signal to determine physiological process information; and

    automatically gating an imaging device based at least in part on the physiological process information.

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