Motion tracking of beating heart produces images free of cardiac motion.

Dr. Piotr Slomka at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has developed a technique to provide clear high-definition positron-emission tomography (HD-PET) images of the beating heart that are free from cardiac motion. The image processing technique tracks the motion of the heart's "left ventricle endo- and epicardial borders" during systolic and diastolic cycles.

According to a news article, results of the use of this technique were presented at the 2009 Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting.