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Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques

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Definition: Timing the acquisition of imaging data to specific points in the cardiac cycle to minimize image blurring and other motion artifacts.  coordinate with specific type of imaging   
Examples Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography; Gated Blood-Pool Imaging
Other names Techniques, EKG-Triggered Imaging; Techniques, Cardiac-Gated Imaging; Technique, EKG-Triggered Imaging; Technique, Cardiac-Gated Imaging; Imaging Techniques, EKG-Triggered; Imaging Techniques, Cardiac-Gated; Imaging Technique, EKG-Triggered; Imaging Technique, Cardiac-Gated; EKG-Triggered Imaging Technique; EKG Triggered Imaging Techniques; Cardiac-Gated Imaging Technique; Cardiac Gated Imaging Techniques; EKG-Triggered Imaging Techniques

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