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gating
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gating /gat·ing/ (gāt´ing) controlling access or passage through gates or channels.
gating,
the organizing of image data so that information used to construct an image originates in the same point in the cycle of a repeating movement, such as a heartbeat. The moving object is thus frozen at that phase of its movement, and image blurring is minimized.

gating [gāt´ing]
1. controlling access or passage through gates or channels.
2. selection of electrical signals by a gate, which passes signals only when a control signal, the gate pulse, is present, or which passes only signals with certain characteristics, such as a pulse height.
3. substrate-binding– or ligand-binding–induced opening and closing of a biologic membrane channel, believed to be due to conformational changes in proteins lining the channels.
cardiac gating selective acquisition of cardiac function information at specific points in the cardiac cycle by using information from the electrocardiographic signal to time the cardiac cycle and control image sampling. It has been used in digital subtraction angiography, computed tomography, nuclear cardiology, and magnetic resonance imaging.

gating
alteration of the transport function through a mucosa; can be effected by means of a chemical agent (chemical gating) or because of a change in electrical potential (electrical gating).


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9) The new 64-detector multidetector computed tomographic (MDCT) scanners provide fast scan times, improved cardiac gating options, and isotropic resolution, which provides 3-dimensional (3D) information free of superimposed tissues or interference, resulting in uniform resolution throughout.
Its unique module converts the patient's ECG from electronic to fiber optic signal form for reliable, efficient cardiac gating.
The SPECT system utilizes a cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector with high-energy resolution to enable dual or triple radionuclide imaging, while eXplore CT120 is equipped with a high power x-ray tube that enables cardiac gating in CT for demanding cardiac molecular imaging experiments as well as high image quality with reduced scan time and dose.
 
 
 
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