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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100165089 | APPARATUS FOR CARIES DETECTION An apparatus for imaging a tooth having a light source with a first spectral range and a second spectral range. A polarizing beamsplitter (18) light having a first polarization state toward the tooth and directs light from the tooth having a second polarization s... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100158197 | COMPACT AND DURABLE ENCASEMENT FOR A DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DETECTOR A digital radiography detector includes a housing and a radiographic image detector assembly. The housing has a first and second spaced planar members and four side walls defining a cavity. The radiographic image detector assembly is mounted within the cavity for conver... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100142675 | BONE MINERAL DENSITY ASSESSMENT USING MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM A method and system for determining the bone mineral density of a body extremity. An image of a body extremity is acquired using a mammography x-ray system whereby a bone mineral density can be performed on the image. The system for determining the bone mineral density ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100129965 | METAL SUBSTRATE HAVING ELECTRONIC DEVICES FORMED THEREON A method of forming an electronic device on a metal substrate deposits a first seed layer of a first metal on at least one master surface with a roughness less than 400 nm. A supporting metal layer is bonded to the first seed layer to form the metal substrate 10.... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100129945 | METAL SUBSTRATE HAVING ELECTRONIC DEVICES FORMED THEREON A method of forming an electronic device on a metal substrate deposits a first seed layer of a first metal on at least one master surface with a roughness less than 400 nm. A supporting metal layer is bonded to the first seed layer to form the metal substrate 10.... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100128959 | 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 an o... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100128063 | RENDERING FOR IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE CONSISTENCY A networked system for rendering diagnostic image data for display has at least one diagnostic imaging apparatus that obtains digital image data for a patient and is in communication with a computer network. At least one consistency control module executes at a networke... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100124364 | ASSESSMENT OF BREAST DENSITY AND RELATED CANCER RISK A method for assessing breast density executed at least in part by a computer system, identifies breast tissue from the electronic image data for at least one mammographic image, then performs an initial segmentation of fibroglandular tissue within the breast tissue acc... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100113695 | 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 conjugated to... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100104163 | ORIENTATION DETECTION FOR CHEST RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES A method for identifying the orientation of a radiographic image of a patient generates a reduced-scale image having a smaller number of pixel elements than the original radiographic image and generates a reduced bit-depth image from the reduced-scale image. The method ... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104155 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF LINEAR STRUCTURES AND MICROCALCIFICATIONS IN MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES A method for linear structure detection in mammographic images, comprising: locating a plurality of microcalcification candidate clusters in digital mammographic images; extracting a region of interest that encloses each of the candidate clusters; processing the region ... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104066 | INTEGRATED PORTABLE DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM A mobile digital radiography system of a type including a mobile x-ray source; a mobile computer, the computer having a display for radiographic images and related information; a digital radiography detector, the detector and x-ray source in communication with and under... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100098314 | TUBE DETECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES A method for detecting tubing in a radiographic image of a patient, executed at least in part by a control logic processor, obtains radiographic image data for a patient and identifies a region of interest in the radiographic image. A gradient magnitude image of the reg... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100091950 | DOSE-REDUCTION DECISION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL IMAGES A method of obtaining recommendations for lowered radiation dose for a type of radiological image, executed at least in part by a computer system, obtains at least one clinical image of at least one patient, taken under a baseline set of exposure conditions, as a basis ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100086189 | AUTOMATED QUANTIFICATION OF DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE QUALITY A method for determining image quality of a digital radiographic image. The method is executed at least in part by a computer system. The method obtains image data for the digital radiographic image, identifies one or more regions of interest in the digital radiographic... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100086182 | 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 obtain... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100080430 | 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 hom... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100080355 | ACQUISITION OF HIGH SPEED DUAL-ENERGY IMAGES USING A SINGLE PIXILATED DIGITAL DETECTOR A method is disclosed for acquiring a high speed dual-energy image pair using a pixilated digital detector. A single pixilated digital detector acquires and encodes two separate images in effectively one image, eliminating the need to read out a first image prior to acq... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100046076 | TUNABLE SPECTRAL FILTRATION DEVICE A tunable spectral filtration device is disclosed that includes one or more pairs of interference filters in series, wherein each element of each pair is independently selected from one or more options, independently positioned to intersect a path of converging or diver... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100042434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOVERING INFORMATION IN MEDICAL IMAGE DATABASE A system for obtaining information related to diagnostic imaging performance at a site has a user instruction interface for obtaining an operator request for information related to image quality for stored diagnostic images. A data processor is in communication with at ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100040275 | 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. An in... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100038559 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS USING SPATIALLY STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION An apparatus is disclosed for depth selected fluorescence measurements of a sample. The apparatus may include a carrier for at least one sample substance, the carrier having at least one transparent, planar bottom wall having an upper surface; projection optics having a... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100034748 | Molecular imaging probes based on loaded reactive nano-scale latex The present invention relates to a loaded reactive nanoscale latex particle synthesized from mixture of monomers containing water insoluble monomers, at least two ethylenically functionalities monomers, halo-aromatic-polyethyleneglycol-methacrylate, polyethyleneglycolac... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100025914 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH MEDIA PICKUP SYSTEM EMPLOYING CURVED SURFACE FOR MEDIA SEPARATION A media pickup system suitable for use with an imaging apparatus including a pickup assembly including at least one pickup bar having a concave channel a curved surface, and an actuator configured to move the pickup bar between a first position and a second position, wh... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100022866 | TORSIONAL SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CRANIOCAUDAL ROTATION OF ANIMALS A torsional support apparatus is disclosed for craniocaudal rotation of test animals to enable multiple-view imaging. The animal is supported in a U-shaped loop of optically transparent material and the loop is moved to apply torsion to the animal to rotate it about its... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100021036 | METHOD OF MICROCALCIFICATION DETECTION IN MAMMOGRAPHY A method of microcalcification detection in a digital mammographic image identifies one or more potential microcalcification sites in the mammographic image according to spot clustering. Each of the one or more potential microcalcification sites is assigned either as a ... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100020933 | DARK CORRECTION FOR DIGITAL X-RAY DETECTOR A method of forming an offset-corrected exposure image includes obtaining an initial exposure image and exposure metadata related to the initial exposure image. An intermediate offset-corrected exposure image is formed by obtaining one or more dark images associated wit... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090324048 | Method and apparatus for multi-modal imaging A method and apparatus for imaging a subject animal. The method comprises the steps of treating the animal with an x-ray contrast agent and an imaging agent; supporting the animal in an immobilized state on a support member; acquiring an x-ray anatomical image of the an... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090297003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF CARIES A method for obtaining an image of tooth tissue directs incident light toward a tooth (20), wherein the incident light excites a fluorescent emission from the tooth tissue. Fluorescence image data (50) is obtained from the fluorescent emission. Back-scatte... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090297002 | COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION OF MICROCALCIFICATION CLUSTERS A method for computer-aided detection of microcalcification clusters obtains digital mammography data for a single view image and normalizes and filters the image data to reduce noise. A first mask is generated and applied to the image data for defining the breast struc... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090291269 | METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A SUBSTRATE SURFACE FOR FORMING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREON AND RESULTANT DEVICE A method for forming an electronic device on a flexible substrate conditions a surface of the flexible substrate to increase its malleability and to provide a conditioned substrate surface. A master surface is impressed against the conditioned substrate surface. The mas... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090281383 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTERNAL FLUORESCENCE IMAGING OF INTERNAL REGIONS OF INTEREST IN A SMALL ANIMAL USING AN ENDOSCOPE FOR INTERNAL ILLUMINATION An apparatus for capturing an optical molecular image of one or more internal regions of interest of a small animal having a cranio-caudal axis. The apparatus may include a support member for the animal in an immobilized state; an endoscope for insertion into and withdr... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090279756 | METHOD FOR EDITING 3D IMAGE SEGMENTATION MAPS A digital image editing method includes receiving a three-dimensional volume image of an anatomical object of interest, wherein the volume image is characterized by first and second mutually exclusive segmentation classes. The method also includes deriving a two-dimensi... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090279755 | STATISTICS COLLECTION FOR LESION SEGMENTATION 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 regi... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090279754 | METHOD FOR INTERACTIVELY DETERMINING A BOUNDING SURFACE FOR SEGMENTING A LESION IN A MEDICAL IMAGE A method of bounding an anatomical object of interest in a 3-dimensional volume image includes displaying an image of at least a portion of the object, selecting a plurality of points in the displayed image, at least a first and second point of the plurality of points s... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090279661 | 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 in a ... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090274998 | OPTICAL DETECTION OF DENTAL CARIES A method for caries detection uses an image capture device (30, 32) to obtain fluorescence image data from the tooth (20) by illuminating the tooth to excite fluorescent emission. A first enhanced image of the tooth is then obtained by illuminating the too... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090273944 | VARIABLE CONDENSER FOR DELIVERY OF ILLUMINATION INCLUDING RECURSIVELY NESTED CIRCLE-TO-LINE FIBER OPTIC CONVERTER CABLE A variable condenser for delivery of illumination, including a recursively nested circle-to-line fiber optic shape-converting cable and a focusable input lens system. At the input of the fiber optic cable, sets of individual optical fibers comprise successively smaller ... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090261259 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY PANEL WITH PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE FOR OPTICAL COUPLING BETWEEN SCINTILLATOR SCREEN AND DETECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE A digital radiography panel has a scintillator screen having a light-exiting surface from a material with a first index of refraction n1 and a photosensor array having a light-accepting surface from a material with a second index of refraction n2. ... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090251125 | POWER SUPPLY FOR PORTABLE RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR A digital radiography detector has a two-dimensional array of photosensors disposed in rows and columns. Multiple signal traces connect to the photosensors and extend in a first direction along the two-dimensional array. A switching power supply is connected to a power ... | 10/08/2009 |
