Patent ID: 7415093
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A CT cardiac imaging system comprising: an ECG machine configured to output ECG data indicative of a cardiac cycle of a patient; an ultrasound machine configured to output ultrasound data indicative of at least one of a measured torsional, translational, rotational, and deformational motion of a heart of the patient; and a CT imaging apparatus comprising a data acquisition module including a rotatable gantry having a bore therethrough designed to receive the patient being translated through the bore by a movable table, the rotatable gantry having an x-ray source and an x-ray detector disposed therein to emit one of a fan beam of x-rays and a cone beam of x-rays toward the patient and receive x-rays attenuated by the patient, respectively, and the CT imaging apparatus further comprising a computer programmed to: