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Simultaneous Acquisition of Physiological Data and Nuclear Medicine Images

Departments of Radiology, Radiation Health, and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Marc S. Rosenthal, PhD, Dept. of Radiology, RC 407 Scaife Hall. University of Pittsburgh, PittsbUrgh. PA 15261.

ABSTRACT

A technique has been developed that allows the simultaneous acquisition of both image and physiological data into a standard nuclear medicine computer system. The physiological data can be displayed along with the nuclear medicine images allowing temporal correlation between the two. This technique has been used to acquire images of gastroesophageal reflux simultaneously with the intraluminal esophageal pH. The resulting data are displayed either as a standard dynamic sequence with the physiological data appearing in a corner of the image or as condensed dynamic images.