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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7254854 | Multi-functional compact line clipper for fishing A multi-functional compact clipper for fishing includes a rotatable base plate and an upper and lower holding plates that form a space therebetween. The rotatable base plate has a pair of upper and lower grooves at one end, an axial end at another end, a stop dispos... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7123255 | Method and system for medical image display of a three-dimensional representation A method and system for medical image display comprising means for acquiring two-dimensional images; means for displaying images; means for managing the display of a three-dimensional representation on the means display and for automatically orienting the three-dime... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118275 | X-ray emission device and method of assembly An X-ray emission device and a method of assembly of the device having a casing with a window and an X-ray tube place in the casing. The tube comprises an anode assembly equipped with an anode, a cathode assembly equipped with a cathode and an envelope containing th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7027314 | Filtering device for converting electrical energy A device for converting electrical energy at a high operating frequency, supplied by an electrical network having a capacitor placed between a line and an earth of the device, the capacitance of the capacitor being such that the high-frequency noise is filtered and ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6976785 | Method and device for calibrating a radiological image A method and device for calibrating images acquired by radiography comprising an X-ray source, an image acquisition, a support placed between the source and the image acquisition, on which support an object to be X-rayed is intended to be positioned. A region of int... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6939419 | Method for producing axially symmetric parts and the article The invention relates to plastic metal working, more specifically to methods for producing parts of the disk- or shell-type having conical, hemispherical, and also combined parts, such as disk-and-shaft ones. The invention is instrumental in producing large axially ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6894495 | Air feed device, signal acquisition device and imaging device An air feed device comprises a fluid motor to drive rotating vanes and blow air with high efficiency into a space accommodating a subject in a magnetic resonance device. The air feed device does not cause electrical interference with the magnetic imaging device.... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6888923 | Assembly for mounting a radiation emitting device, radiation emitting device having such an assembly, and a radiological apparatus having such an assembly and emitting device A bearing assembly for the rotational mounting of a rotary anode of an X-ray emitting device on a support having at least one rolling bearing provided in order to be placed between the rotary anode and the support, the rolling bearing having a rotating ring, a non-r... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6879711 | Method of automatic registration of three-dimensional images Method of automatic registration of three-dimensional images making possible visualization of the blood vessels, by comparison of a three-dimensional digital image obtained by means of a radiology apparatus and a three-dimensional digital image obtained by means of ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6854884 | System and method of calibrating an image system and storage medium A system and method of calibrating an imaging system, in which intrinsic parameters relating to the various types of image which can be taken are calibrated in predetermined angular positions of an emitter of radiation, and of a receiver of the radiation. The intrin... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6850596 | Collimation device, radiology apparatus, test kit and method of testing a radiology apparatus Collimation device of the type intended to direct an energy beam in a given direction and at a given solid angle, the collimation device being capable of being installed on output of an energy beam generating arrangement and of being connected to a control unit. The... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6845146 | Mammography apparatus and method A mammography apparatus and method having an X-ray tube, an image receiver, the image receiver having one edge in contact with a patient, a compression paddle between the tube and the receiver, able to be moved up and down parallel to a direction of propagation of t... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6834096 | Apparatus and method for providing a three-dimensional radiographic image of an object An apparatus and method comprises an acquisition of a first series of projected two-dimensional mask images of the object obtained for different positions of a camera around the object; an acquisition of a second series of opacified projected two-dimensional images ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6834000 | Double resonance high voltage converter with start-up A double resonance voltage converter and method of operating such a converter having: a switching circuit with a first switch and a second switch; a double resonance resonant circuit having a series resonant circuit and a parallel resonant circuit; a rectifying and ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6831644 | Method and device for displaying the deployment of an endovascular prosthesis An element is dissolved displayed having a periodic structure, such as a stent, images of which are acquired by means of a radiography machine of the type comprising an X-ray source and an image detector and an image display placed opposite the source. The images ob... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6786256 | Table cover providing functional napkins A table cover comprises a rectangular sheet material such as a cloth, a synthetic resin material etc., and multiple napkin pieces which is of the same material and is formed in a body with the cover, respectively. The napkin pieces project beyond side edges of the s... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6771738 | Method and apparatus for obtaining an image by radiography with an anti-scatter grid Method and apparatus for a radiographic image of an object obtained by a radiography apparatus containing an X-ray emitter, in which an anti-scatter grid placed between the object and a radiographic image receiver is displaced, on rectilinear translation in its plan... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6763745 | Device for attaching structural elements A device in the form of a quarter-turn device for attaching together structural element. The device has an attachment element passing through a hole in a first structural element, such as a cover, with a shank, a head and a part profiled so as to engage with a retai... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6765985 | Radiographic apparatus and imaged object support therefor A radiographic apparatus comprises an image receiver and a source for delivering radiation towards the image receiver. Adjacent to the image receiver is a breast support with a body and a plate. The plate can be moved with respect to the body of the breast support, ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6766048 | Method of multiresolution reconstruction of a three-dimensional image of an object The invention concerns a method of three-dimensional image reconstruction from a set of acquired two-dimensional images. A subsampling is taken of the set of acquired two-dimensional images so as to reduce their resolution. A first analytical algorithm of three-dime... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6764216 | Method and device for X-ray emission with gas trapping An X-ray emission device having an X-ray tube and a protective enclosure filled with an electrically insulating liquid in which the X-ray tube is placed. The device includes at least one chamber connected to the protective enclosure that traps and purges gas bubbles... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6733308 | Coating element for an electrical junction and method A coating element for an electrical junction or circuit that reduces surface electric field densities. The coating element comprises a layer of plastic material laden within or in which there is dispersed conductive particles. The coating element surrounds the junct... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6718056 | Method of automatic determination of the contrast and brightness of a digital radiographic image The method comprises a histogram of the radiographed image, i.e., a real histogram, a mathematical model of the image chain and the object obtained by calibration. The mathematical model of the image chain and the object and a set of parameters of acquisition, of th... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715534 | Method and apparatus for producing directionally solidified castings The present invention relates to an apparatus for metal casting and can be used in producing castings with directional and single crystal structure. The apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber inside which there is disposed an induction melting furnace, a mold preheati... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714668 | Method of automatic registration of images Method of automatic registration of two- and three-dimensional angiography images by comparison of a two-dimensional digital subtracted angiography image with data on a three-dimensional image reconstructed from rotational angiography sequences, in which a field of ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6714621 | Method and apparatus for radiological examination by injection of a contrast medium Method and apparatus for examination of a breast, in which a contrast medium is injected in the breast to be examined, an X-ray beam is emitted in the direction of the breast; a plurality of digital images of the X-ray beam is taken after it has crossed the breast, ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6711533 | Method for controlling a double-resonance generator The delay time control entails a static term and a corrective term and a current sampling time, the control calculated at the preceding sampling time is applied and the control intended to be applied at the following sampling time is determined. The determination of... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6687331 | Method and device for making radiographic images Device for taking radiologic images, of the type comprising a means of emission of an X-ray beam and a means of reception of the X-ray beam after it has passed through an organ to be studied. The means of emission and the means of reception are supported ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6669788 | Permanent magnetic materials of the Fe-B-R tpe, containing Ce and Nd and/or Pr, and process for manufacture A Fe--B--R type permanent magnetic, consisting of: 13-19 atomic % R, where R consists essentially of a mixture of rare earth elements Nd and/or Pr, and Ce, where Ce is between 0.2 and 5.0 wt. % of R; 4-20 atomic % B, and the balance comprising Fe. In a pr... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6652142 | Method of calibration for reconstructing three-dimensional models from images obtained by tomograpy A method of calibration for reconstructing three-dimensional models from images obtained by a tomography apparatus comprising a radiation detector and an X-ray source which can move with respect to the detector. In the method a set of markers are placed i... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6643392 | Process for reconstructing a tridimensional image of a moving object A process for reconstructing a tridimensional image of an object moving with a substantially cyclic motion, for example the vessels of the human heart, in which, for an acquisition duration extending over several cycles of the movement of the object, an a... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6631336 | Nondestructive method of quality control of high-voltage systems and device for use of the method A method and device applicable to HV generators and X-ray tubes, and a computer program and support for the program. In the method a determination is made of a scale of values representing the energy of the radio-frequency spectrum transmitted by radio wa... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6592257 | Detachable device for radiological digital imaging Removable digital X-ray imaging device intended for mammography, comprising X-ray detectors placed on one edge of the device upon imaging. The device contains box for protecting the X-ray detectors by separating the X-ray detectors from the edge of the de... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6592258 | X-ray emission device and method of assembly X-ray emission device comprising a casing opened by a window and an X-ray tube placed in the casing, the tube comprising an anode assembly equipped with an anode, a cathode assembly equipped with a cathode and an envelope containing the anode and the cath... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6589371 | Method of processing titanium metal alloys A method of manufacturing titanium alloys in large-section semi-finished product form with controlled microstructure in micrograin and subcrystalline states of aggregation, with reduced metallographic texture, is achieved with the desired combination of m... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6557618 | Apparatus and method for producing castings with directional and single crystal structure and the article according to the method The present invention relates to metal casting and can be used in producing large sized blades with directional and single crystal structure having large horizontal shoulders. The apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber inside which there is positioned a mol... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6556655 | Method for automatic detection of glandular tissue The method consists of subjecting the organ to pre-exposure with a low dose of rays, creating in the field of the pre-exposure image a multi-cellular image in which each cell represents the mean signal level of a predetermined number of pixels of the dete... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6550964 | Covering device for cover elements which are mobile with relation to the other and radiology machine having such a covering device Covering device comprising two rigid cover elements associated respectively with a first and with a second unit having a relative mobility, the two rigid cover elements having apertures opposite one another, and a flexible cover element having two opposit... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6549606 | Method of reconstruction of a section of an element of interest Several acquisitions of digital radiographic images of an element of interest are made, by using a moving camera rotating around the element of interest in a plane parallel to the plane of a section, a matching stage is carried out in which projected elem... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6542628 | Method for detection of elements of interest in a digital radiographic image Method of improved detection of elements of interest by means of a detection system in a digital radiographic image of an object, acquired on an acquisition chain, comprising a first calibration phase in which the performances of the detection system are ... | 04/01/2003 |
