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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8447087 | Apparatus and method for caries detection An apparatus for imaging a tooth has at least one illumination source for providing an incident light having a first spectral range for obtaining a reflectance image of the tooth and a second spectral range for exciting a fluorescence image of the tooth. A first pol... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8447083 | Method for detection of caries A method for forming an enhanced image of tooth tissue for caries detection obtains fluorescence and reflectance image data from a tooth. Each pixel in the fluorescence image data is combined with its corresponding pixel in the reflectance image data by subtracting ... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8433154 | Enhanced contrast for scatter compensation in X-ray imaging A method for rendering a radiographic image of a subject. Image data is obtained from an image detector and a look-up table is generated for image data processing, wherein the look-up table is generated at least according to information about an image type, an image... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8433120 | Method for image processing of mammographic images A method for rendering a mammography image. Mammography image data is obtained and stored in a computer-readable electronic memory. A mapping transforms the data to an output data space by estimating a relative amount of dense tissue from the image data; identifying... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8416984 | Automatic tooth charting using digital images A method for generating an electronic dental chart for a patient, executed at least in part by a host processor, obtains image data for each of a number of teeth of the patient and generates a template dental chart for the patient that represents the position of eac... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8405036 | Digital radiography imager with buried interconnect layer in silicon-on-glass and method of fabricating same A method embodiment for forming an imaging array includes providing a glass substrate having a top surface, forming a patterned conductive layer on the top surface of the glass substrate, and forming an insulating layer on the patterned conductive layer on a side of... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8400635 | Equipment and method for measuring dental shade The invention relates to a device for measuring dental shade comprising: —illumination means (24, 40, 42, 44, 48, 50), for successively illuminating at least one part of a tooth (D) with light of various spectral ranges, —at least one sensor (26) s... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8399842 | Digital radiographic detector with bonded phosphor layer A digital radiographic detector having a radiation sensing element with a particulate material dispersed within a binder composition, wherein the binder composition includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive, wherein the particulate material, upon receiving radiation of... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8399841 | Digital radiographic detector with bonded phosphor layer A digital radiographic detector has a scintillator element having a particulate phosphor dispersed within a binder composition, wherein the binder composition is a pressure-sensitive adhesive, wherein the particulate phosphor emits light corresponding to a level of ... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8396272 | Method and apparatus for detection of caries A method for obtaining an image of tooth tissue directs incident light toward a tooth, wherein the incident light excites a fluorescent emission from the tooth tissue. Specular reflection of incident light from the tooth tissue is reduced. Fluorescence image data is... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8389944 | Compact and durable encasement for a digital radiography detector A digital radiography detector includes a housing having first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. A radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for converting a radiographic image to an electronic radiograph... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8384041 | Digital radiographic imaging arrays with reduced noise Exemplary embodiments provide a radiographic array, flat detector panel and/or X-ray imaging apparatus including the same and/or methods for using the same or calibrating the same. Exemplary embodiments can reduce or address noise occurring in the optically sensitiv... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8351568 | Long length multiple detector imaging apparatus and method An apparatus for obtaining a long length x-ray image of a subject has a first x-ray detector, a second x-ray detector, and an x-ray source having an exposure directing apparatus that is actuable to direct exposure from the x-ray source towards at least a first imagi... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8346007 | Noise suppression in cone beam CT projection data A method for suppressing noise in a diagnostic 3-D image, executed at least in part on a logic processor, captures, at each of a number of projection angles, 2-D image projection data, wherein each 2-D image projection has a central pixel and arranges the 2-D image ... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8345942 | Method and apparatus for detection of caries A method for obtaining an image of tooth tissue directs incident light toward a tooth, wherein the incident light excites a fluorescent emission from the tooth tissue. Fluorescence image data is obtained from the fluorescent emission. Back-scattered reflectance imag... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8319190 | Dental radiology apparatus and signal processing method used therewith A dental radiology apparatus having: an intraoral sensor comprising a detector that includes an active pixel array produced using biCMOS technology and converting a received x-ray into at least one analog electrical output signal; an electronic module encapsulated i... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8311304 | Computer-aided tubing detection A method for detecting tubing in a radiographic image of a patient, executed at least in part by a control logic processor, obtains a radiographic image data for a patient and detects one or more possible tube segments in the image. At least one tubing candidate is ... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8311302 | Method for identification of dental caries in polychromatic images A method for identification of caries, executed at least in part on data processing hardware, obtains an original digital tooth image that has a plurality of color channels and generates an adjusted image by adjusting intensity values of the original digital tooth i... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8311301 | Segmenting an organ in a medical digital image A method for obtaining a segmented region corresponding to an anatomical organ in a volume image generates a smoothed image from the volume image and forms a core segmentation of the volume image according to the smoothed image. The size of the core segmentation of ... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8306302 | Noise suppression in diagnostic images A method for suppressing noise in a diagnostic image executes one or more iterations of segmenting the image to identify and label one or more regions in the image; and performing selective diffusion on at least one of the one or more labeled regions in the image. A... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8305486 | Auto-focus intra-oral camera having a linear piezoelectric actuator An auto-focus camera has an optical system for forming an image of a target, a moveable sensor for recording a set of one or more images of the target, the set of one or more images corresponding to a set of one or more positions for the moveable sensor, and a linea... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8290227 | Method and system for diagnostics support A method for displaying a diagnostic image acquires the diagnostic digital image and applies one or more pattern recognition algorithms to the acquired diagnostic digital image, detecting at least one feature within the acquired diagnostic digital image. At least a ... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8287952 | Colloidal core-shell assemblies and methods of preparation This invention relates to a method of making a composition comprising a colloid comprising particles having a colloidal silica core and a shell, said method comprising the steps of: simultaneously introducing into a vessel a first ... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8277909 | Transparent ink-jet recording films, compositions, and methods Transparent ink-jet recording films, compositions, and methods are disclosed. These films can exhibit high maximum optical densities, rapid ink drying, low curl, excellent adhesion between the coating layers and the substrate, and negligible ink transfer between sta... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8270695 | Diagnostic image processing with automatic self image quality validation A method for medical diagnostic image processing obtains digital image data for a diagnostic image and extracts one or more image features from the image data, obtaining one or more image properties from the one or more extracted features. An image quality aim is ob... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8270689 | Apparatus for caries detection An apparatus for obtaining an image of a tooth having at least one light source providing incident light having a first spectral range for obtaining a reflectance image (122) from the tooth and a second spectral range for exciting a fluorescence image (120... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8260014 | Microcalcification detection in mammography CAD using a classifier A system is disclosed that is configured for microcalcifications (mcc) detecting by forming a plurality of true mcc clusters and a plurality of normal clusters, gathering spot and cluster features from said clusters, extracting linear structure features, and using s... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8252617 | Continuous large area imaging and display arrays using readout arrays fabricated in silicon-on-glass substrates A vertically-integrated image sensor is proposed with the performance characteristics of single crystal silicon but with the area coverage and cost of arrays fabricated on glass. The image sensor can include a backplane array having readout elements implemented in s... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8224051 | Method for detection of linear structures and microcalcifications in mammographic images A method for detecting a linear structure in a digital mammographic image, using a processor or computer at least in part, locates at least one microcalcification candidate cluster in the image data and extracts a first region of interest that encloses the at least ... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8224045 | System for early detection of dental caries A method is disclosed for processing of images to detect dental caries, that includes the following steps. Directing incident light (16) toward a tooth (20), where this light excites a fluorescent emission from the tooth. Obtaining a fluorescence image... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8208704 | Dental shade mapping A method and apparatus for obtaining a color mapping of a dental object. Illumination is directed toward the object over at least first, second, and third wavelength band, one band at a time. An image of the dental object is captured at each wavelength band to form ... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8203584 | Processor for imaging media A thermal processor including an oven and a cooling section. The oven is configured to heat an imaging media to a development temperature. The cooling section is configured to cool the imaging media from the development temperature to a desired exit temperature as i... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8203338 | Linear structure verification in medical applications A method is disclosed for verifying linear structures in a digital mammographic image, comprising providing a configurable linear structure verifier in mammography computer assisted diagnosis system; optionally using an microcalcification candidate cluster driven li... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8203132 | Apparatus and method for imaging ionizing radiation A system and method are disclosed for capturing a radiographic or autoradiographic image of an object, in which a support member is provided to receive the object in an immobilized state; a phosphor screen is provided to transduce ionizing radiation from the source ... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8202544 | High capacity non-viral vectors Non-viral vectors for delivering agents to a site within the body of an animal comprise a biocompatible nanoparticle conjugated to an avidin/biotin complex and a water soluble linear polymer comprising multiple binding sites. The agents to be delivered are conjugate... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8199995 | Sensitometric response mapping for radiological images A method for mapping radiological image data from a source imaging system to a target imaging system obtains sensitometric response data for both the source and the target imaging systems and identifies an anchor point that relates a specified source signal value to... | 06/12/2012 |
| 8189886 | Method for detecting anatomical structures A method for estimating the location of an anatomical structure in a diagnostic image of a patient obtains the x-ray data in digital format and detects a first benchmark feature within the x-ray image. A second benchmark feature within the x-ray image is detected. A... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184877 | Renormalization of dual-energy images A method is disclosed for generating a composite image from dual-energy projection radiographic image data and renormalizing the composite image such that the pixel values for the composite image have the same relationship to the detected x-ray energy as the origina... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184874 | Enhanced display of medical images A method of processing a digital radiographic medical image. The digital radiographic medical image is accessed and a plurality of regions of interest is determined. For each of the plurality of regions of interest, steps are performed: determining at least one cand... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8150121 | Information collection for segmentation of an anatomical object of interest A method of collecting information regarding an anatomical object of interest includes displaying an image characterized by a first region and a second region, wherein the first and second regions are mutually exclusive and the object is displayed within the second ... | 04/03/2012 |
