A contactless approach for respiratory gating in PET using continuous-wave radar

Thomas Ersepke1, Florian Büther1, Mirco Heß1

  • 1European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster 48149, Germany.

Medical Physics
|August 3, 2015
PubMed
Summary

A new contactless radar system accurately captures respiratory signals for positron emission tomography (PET) gating. This method reduces preparation time and improves patient comfort during scans.

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