Arrhythmia rejection is a method to reject irregular RR intervals (time duration between two consecutive R waves of the electrocardiogram) in cardiac gating during cardiovascular imaging and to improve the image quality, whereby the cardiac frequency is used as the basis of the normal heart rate. The RR interval window determines the percentage variation of the heart rate. Variations of the acquired data outside the window are rejected and not used in the image reconstruction. Also one interval after the arrhythmic beat will be rejected. Arrhythmia rejection may be inappropriate for patients with certain pathologies, because if the RR interval is constant long, short, long, - all intervals would be rejected.

Natural background radiation originates from radioactive elements in the environment, including food, water, soil and rock (also building materials), the atmosphere and cosmic rays. The level of natural exposure to radiation can vary greatly between different locations. In the US, the average annual exposure from natural sources to humans is about 3 mSv (millisievert) corresponding to 0.3 rem. Radon gas accounts for two-thirds of this exposure.
Background radiation may also interfere with measurements. Background radiation includes radioactive contamination of samples or incomplete absorption of radiation in a detector.

Metastable isomers are produced through nuclear reactions. The excited state of the nucleus will de-excite by emission of gamma rays until the nuclear ground state is reached.
Isotopes in a metastable condition are designated with a 'm', for example 99mTc.

Shimadzu, established in 1875, produced Japan's first x-ray apparatus for medical use in 1909. Today Shimadzu provides a broad range of diagnostic imaging equipment that includes digital x-ray systems, PET systems, CT scanners and diagnostic ultrasound systems.

The international system for units.
Le Systeme international d'Unites officially came into being in October 1960 and has been adopted by nearly all countries, though the amount of actual usage varies considerably.
It is based upon 7 principal units:

From these basic units many other units are derived and named.