IMAGING SYSTEM FOR IMAGING A PERIODICALLY MOVING OBJECT

• Main Authors: FOKKENROOD, STEVEN, ANTONIE, WILLEM, DELADI, SZABOLCS, KOLEN, ALEXANDER, FRANCISCUS, HARKS, GODEFRIDUS, ANTONIUS, ZUO, FEI, BELT, HARM, JAN, WILLEM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.01.2015
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; RADIATION THERAPY; SURGERY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

The invention relates to an imaging system for imaging a periodically moving object. An assigning unit (18) assigns ultrasound signals like A-lines to motion phases based on a provided phase signal, wherein an ultrasound images generation unit (19) generates several ultrasound images like gated M-mode images for the different motion phases based on the ultrasound signals assigned to the respective motion phase. A selecting unit (20) is used to select an ultrasound image from the generated ultrasound images, wherein a display unit (21) displays the selected ultrasound image. The selected ultrasound image corresponds therefore to a single motion phase only such that motion artifacts in the displayed ultrasound image are reduced. The imaging system is particularly useful for, for instance, monitoring cardiac ablation procedures.