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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7388534 | Adaptive data acquisition for an imaging system An adaptive data acquisition circuit (26) includes an amplifier (14) for amplifying electrical pulses generated by a detector (12) responsive to energy incident at the detector. The adaptive data acquisition circuit also includes a counting circ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388206 | Pulse shape discrimination method and apparatus for high-sensitivity radioisotope identification with an integrated neutron-gamma radiation detector A method and apparatus for discriminating the types of radiation interacting with an integrated radiation detector having of a pulse-mode operating photosensor which is optically coupled to a gamma-ray scintillator sensor and a neutron scintillator sensor and uses a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387850 | Oxidant and fuel distribution for a fuel cell assembly An oxidant distribution system for a fuel cell assembly includes a fuel cell having at least one oxidant inlet and at least one oxidant outlet, a housing surrounding the fuel cell and an insulation layer positioned between the housing and the fuel cell. The insulati... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386088 | Method and system for iterative image reconstruction A method for iteratively reconstructing image data acquired by a computed tomography system is provided. The method comprises generating a calculated sinogram from an image estimate and generating an error sinogram based on the calculated sinogram and a measured sin... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384620 | Method and system for producing hydrogen by reforming hydrogen-containing gas A hydrogen reforming system includes a cyclical compression chamber having an entry port for receiving hydrogen-containing gas and an exit port for delivering reformed hydrogen-containing gas, an arrangement for heating the hydrogen-containing gas to a non-combustib... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379525 | Method and system for efficient helical cone-beam reconstruction A method for reconstructing cone-beam projection data is provided. The method comprises scanning an object in helical mode, wherein the scanning comprises obtaining cone-beam projection data. The method further comprises processing the cone-beam projection data alon... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378715 | Free-standing electrostatically-doped carbon nanotube device A method and associated structure for forming a free-standing electrostatically-doped carbon nanotube device is described. The method includes providing a carbon nanotube on a substrate in such a way as to have a free-standing portion. One way of forming a free-stan... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376255 | System and method for image reconstruction A method for reconstructing image data acquired by a computed tomography system is provided. The method comprises selecting a portion of image data to be reconstructed and determining a corresponding portion of projection data. An adaptive filter is computed and app... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375523 | System and method for fast MR coil sensitivity mapping A system and method for mapping the sensitivity of MR coils includes a neural network or other computer intelligence trained from sample MR data to determine coil sensitivity profiles or sensitivity normalizations. Once the network is trained, subsequent coil mappin... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372273 | High temperature superconducting current leads for superconducting magnets An electrical current lead assembly for ramping a superconducting magnet includes a vacuum vessel wall that has a first side exposed to an atmospheric pressure and a second side exposed to a vacuum pressure. A pool wall extends from the first side of the vacuum vess... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372934 | Method for performing image reconstruction using hybrid computed tomography detectors A method for acquiring an image data set comprising energy integrating (EI) and energy discriminating (ED) data measurements is provided. The method comprises obtaining EI measurement data and ED measurement data during an acquisition cycle. The method then comprise... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367217 | Sensor device for detection of dissolved hydrocarbon gases in oil filled high-voltage electrical equipment A multi-gas sensor device for the detection of dissolved hydrocarbon gases in oil-filled electrical equipment. The device comprising a semiconductor substrate, one or more catalytic metal gate-electrodes deposited on the surface of the semiconductor substrate operab... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368719 | Scintillating materials, articles employing the same, and methods for their use Disclosed herein are scintillating materials, methods for their manufacture, and method for their use. In one embodiment, a scintillator comprises the formula A2LnBX6, wherein A comprises thallium (Tl), a Group IA element, and combinations comp... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365437 | Method of wet etching vias and articles formed thereby A method for forming smooth walled, prismatically-profiled through-wafer vias and articles formed through the method. An etch stop material is provided on a wafer, which may be a silicon wafer. A mask material is provided on the etch stop material and patterne... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365542 | Flexible RF coil assembly and method of making same An RF coil assembly includes a plurality of coil supports rotatably interconnected to each other. Each coil support is configured to rotate with respect to at least one adjoining coil support. A plurality of RF coils is connected to each coil support. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366279 | Scatter control system and method for computed tomography Various configurations for scatter reduction and control are provided for CT imaging. These configurations include an imaging system having a stationary detector extending generally around a portion of an imaging volume and a distributed X-ray source placed proximal... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366374 | Multilayer optic device and an imaging system and method using same An optic device, system and method for imaging are described. The optic device includes a first solid phase layer having a first index of refraction with a first photon transmission property and a second solid phase layer having a second index of refraction with a s... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362843 | System and method for reconstruction of cone beam tomographic projections with missing data A method for reconstructing image data from acquired tomographic projection data measurements is provided. The projection data measurements comprise one or more missing data measurements. The method comprises generating a coarse-resolution projection data set from t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356865 | Apparatus and method for removing contaminants from dry cleaning solvent The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing contaminants from a solvent based cleaning fluid. An article cleaning apparatus comprises an ultrafiltration filter having a pore size of about 0.01 microns to about 0.2 microns. A method for perfo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358674 | Structure having electrodes with metal core and coating A conductive element comprises a metal core and a coating, wherein the coating comprises at least one layer of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, an aluminide, silicon, a silicon alloy, a silicide, and combinations thereof, and wherein the at least one layer has a predete... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356174 | Contraband detection system and method using variance data A technique is disclosed for detecting contraband by obtaining image data from a computed tomography machine and generating variance data and a variance map from the image data acquired. The method includes obtaining a mean density value and a variation value for ea... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356122 | X-ray anode focal track region A focal track region of an x-ray anode in an example is electrochemically etched. In a further example, an x-ray anode comprises a thermally-compliant focal track region for impingement of electrons from an x-ray cathode to create an x-ray source. The thermally-comp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355703 | Raman-active lateral flow device and methods of detection and making A lateral flow device is disclosed. The lateral flow device includes a substrate having a flow path and a detection zone disposed along the flow path. The detection zone includes an immobilized target-binding moiety directed against a target of a Raman-active comple... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337678 | MEMS flow sensor A micro-electro-mechanical, micro-fluidic flow sensor (14) includes a flow separating element (15) for separating a first portion (24) of a fluid flow (25) from a second portion (26) of the fluid flow. The flow sensor also includes... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336862 | Fiber optic sensor for detecting multiple parameters in a harsh environment A fiber optic sensor is provided. The fiber optic sensor includes a fiber core having a plurality of Bragg grating elements wherein, the grating elements comprise a periodic or a quasiperiodic modulated microcrystalline and rigid silicon dioxide tetrahedral structur... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332835 | Micro-electromechanical system based switching module serially stackable with other such modules to meet a voltage rating MEMS-based switching module, as may be electrically connected to other such modules in a series circuit, to achieve a desired voltage rating is provided. A switching array may be made up of a plurality of such switching modules (e.g., used as building blocks of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333648 | Feature quantification from multidimensional image data Techniques, hardware, and software are provided for quantification of extensional features of structures of an imaged subject from image data representing a two-dimensional or three-dimensional image. In one embodiment, stenosis in a blood vessel may be quantified f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329979 | Electrically conductive cermet and devices made thereof An electrically conducting cermet comprises at least one transition metal element dispersed in a matrix of at least one refractory oxide selected from the group consisting of yttria, alumina, garnet, magnesium aluminum oxide, and combinations; wherein an amount of t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327828 | Thermal optimization of ferrofluid seals A hermetic sealing system includes a chamber enclosing a high vacuum and positioned within an ambient environment and a rotatable shaft having a first portion extending into the chamber and a second portion extending out from the chamber. A ferrofluid seal is positi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327092 | Current driving circuit for inductive loads A circuit for driving the current for inductive loads such as an electron beam deflection coil for an x-ray generator system. The circuit includes two selectable voltage levels provided by a high level and a low level source. A plurality of switches selects the volt... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325293 | Zirconia-stabilized multi-filamentary niobium-tin superconducting wire A multi-filament superconducting wire in which the filaments comprise zirconia-stabilized ultra-fine grain Nb3Sn. The superconducting wire is formed by wire-drawing a preform comprising a metallic matrix and at least one niobium alloy rod having zirconium... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327857 | Non-contact measurement method and apparatus A non-contact imaging apparatus for examining an object having complex surfaces or shape deformations. The imaging apparatus includes at least one imaging device for obtaining a scanned image of the exterior surfaces of the object being examined. A predetermined ref... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319329 | Cold mass with discrete path substantially conductive coupler for superconducting magnet and cryogenic cooling circuit A cold mass for a superconducting magnet system in one example comprises a superconducting magnet, a cryogenic cooling circuit, and a magnet and cooling circuit support. The magnet and cooling circuit support comprises a substantially conductive coupler in a discret... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319327 | Magnetic resonance imaging system with reduced cooling needs A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system having a vacuum vessel positioned about an imaging volume, one or more high temperature superconducting coils positioned within the vacuum vessel, and a cryocooler coupled to the vacuum vessel to operate the superconducting ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318763 | Carbide nanostructures and methods for making same A structure includes a substrate and a metallized carbon nano-structure extending from a portion of the substrate. In a method of making a metallized carbon nanostructure, at least one carbon structure formed on a substrate is placed in a furnace. A metallic vapor i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310435 | Method and apparatus for extracting multi-dimensional structures using dynamic constraints A technique is provided for segmenting a structure of interest from a volume dataset. The technique identifies regions of the structure using templates having characteristics of the structure of interest. The identified regions may then undergo a constrained growth ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308073 | X-ray filter having dynamically displaceable x-ray attenuating fluid A bowtie filter is constructed to have a fluidic envelope filled with attenuating fluid and a displacement insert that can present various x-ray attenuation profiles during a scan. The insert is designed to displace the attenuating fluid to achieve a denied attenuat... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305889 | Microelectromechanical system pressure sensor and method for making and using According to some embodiments, an apparatus includes a substrate that defines a plane. The apparatus also includes a first conducting plate that is substantially normal to the substrate and a second conducting plate that is (i) substantially normal to the substrate ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307420 | MRI method for simultaneous phase contrast angiography and invasive device tracking A method for simultaneously tracking an invasive device disposed within a patient and acquiring an imaging signal of the patient with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system during a single echo acquisition time period (46) of the MRI system. The method inc... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307419 | Method and system for spatial-spectral excitation by parallel RF transmission A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and method is provided. The MRI system comprises a plurality of transmit coils arranged spatially distinct from each other and configured for inducing a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) excitation. The NMR excitation is sele... | 12/11/2007 |
