摘要 |
Method and apparatus for coordinating a medical treatment or diagnostic procedure with at least one physiological cycle of a patient, e.g. by synchronizing a ventilator with an X-ray machine to ensure that an X-ray chest image is taken at peak insufflation of the patient. The subject invention also relates to other medical procedures including, but not limited to, cardiac output measurement, chest imaging, inhalation therapy, oxygen delivery, blood pressure measurement, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and pulse oximeter optoplethysmograms. |