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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5434429 | Image sensing device with circuit layout alignment pattern Accurately aligning opto-electronic image sensors with respect to a beam-splitter being comprised in an image sensing device is facilitated by incorporating an alignment pattern in the conductive metal stripes of the opto-electronic image sensors. When si... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5434903 | X-ray examination apparatus comprising adjustment-control means and adjustment-control means for use in an X-ray examination apparatus X-ray examination apparatus comprising adjustment-control means and adjustment-control means for use in an X-ray examination apparatus. An X-ray examination apparatus is provided with adjustment-control means suitable for retrieving the orientation of the X-ra... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5428223 | Minicamera for proximity detection of nuclear radiation emitted by a radioisotope, and its application as a surgical tool A minicamera detects at least one ଲ and γ nuclear radiation (or assimilated) emitted by a radioisotope present in a body (1, 2). Its image pick-up head (300) includes a collimator (301), a scintillator (302) and a photodetector assembly (303 to 309... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5418887 | Data processing apparatus for a temporal based rule system A data processing apparatus includes a computer (1), a detector (2) for external events signalled on a set of input lines (7,8, etc.), and a real time clock 3. A table (20) of rules (24) is included in the computer storage (19). The computer is programmed... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5418831 | X-ray examination apparatus An X-ray examination apparatus includes an X-ray source (10) and an image intensifier (30) with an imaging screen (32). The imaging screen (32) is imaged on the pick-up face (51) of an image pick-up device (50), for example a television camera. In order t... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5416820 | Rotary-anode X-ray tube comprising a cooling device An anode of a rotary-anode X-ray tube is connected to a bearing portion which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and which cooperates with the stationary bearing portion in which there is provided a cavity which extends in the direction of the axis of... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5414749 | X-ray film holder with a collision preventive hood A collision preventive hood is provided for use with an x-ray film holder having removable film cassettes. Adequate collision protection is achieved by providing a collision preventive hood with side sections that can be folded back or slid inside when th... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5414359 | Magnetic resonance imaging method and device for reducing image errors in a magnetic resonance image A magnetic resonance imaging method is known for the reduction of image errors in magnetic resonance images which are caused by quantization errors in a DAC (26) for generating a phase encoding gradient waveform in an MRI measuring sequence (ms1, ms2) for... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5412705 | X-ray examination apparatus with an imaging arrangement having a plurality of image sensors An x-ray examination apparatus includes an imaging arrangement, devised for performing fluoroscopy. Which has image sensors that are efficiently optically coupled with an x-ray sensitive radiation conversion screen. Consequently, the image sensors produce... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5411028 | Device and method for measuring the elasticity of an artery by ultrasonic echography An ultrasonic echograph is used as a profilometer for the measurement of the instantaneous blood flow rate Q(t) and the instantaneous radius variation Ɗr(t) and the mean radius r0 of the artery along a first excitation line A. In accordance wi... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5412707 | X-ray examination apparatus and arrangement for remote-controlled position indication Information on positioning of a patient during x-ray examination is provided by imaging a marker, notably a lead-letter, simultaneously with imaging a patient. Remote-controlled markers are provided attached to separate moveable flat frames. The use of a ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5410249 | Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging In a magnetic resonance imaging method multiple refocusing RF-pulses (22-26) are applied and spin-echo signals (62-66) obtained following an excitation RF-pulse (21). Imperfections in the applied RF-pulses (21-26) and the switched gradient magnetic fields... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5402787 | Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging In a magnetic resonance imaging method multiple refocusing RF-pulses (22-26) are applied and spin-echo signals (62-66) obtained following an excitation RF-pulse (21). Sequences are executed twice, in time-reversed order. Both measurements are used in the ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402151 | Data processing system with a touch screen and a digitizing tablet, both integrated in an input device A data processing system includes a multipurpose data input device formed by a touch screen and a digitizing tablet integrated with one another, which are activatable independently of each other by proper stimuli. The touch screen and the digitizing table... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5396535 | X-ray apparatus comprising a hydraulic system An X-ray apparatus includes a hydraulic system for counterbalancing and for displacing an apparatus section; the hydraulic system includes; cylinder with two cylinder chambers whose volumes vary in the opposite sense upon displacement of the apparatus sec... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5396072 | X-ray image detector The invention relates to an X-ray image detector, comprising a plurality of X-ray-sensitive sensors and having the following features: each sensor comprises a collecting electrode and a switching element which connects the collecting electrode to an output lea... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5394516 | Generating an image An image of objects in a three dimensional space is generated for display on a two dimensional regular pixel array by offset and span generations (OFGN, SPGN) for anti-alias filtering which causes multiple rendition of the image, with each rendition displ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5394453 | Device for measuring the pulse transfer spectrum of elastically scattered X-ray quanta A device for measuring the pulse transfer spectrum of X-ray quanta, includes a polychromatic X-ray source and an energy-resolving detector device for the scattered X-ray quanta. A secondary diaphragm device, arranged between the examination zone in which ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5394454 | Filter method for an x-ray system, and device for carrying out such a filter method A filter method and device for carrying out the method in conjunction with an X-ray system having a beam path for primary radiation between an X-ray source and an examination zone and a beam path for scattered radiation between the examination zone and a ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5390250 | Echo canceller with improved doubletalk detection An echo canceller for use in send/receive apparatus includes a frequency-domain adaptive filter which provides filter parameters to a time-domain programmable filter. The programmable filter produces a signal y(k) which is an estimate of the echo signal p... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5387868 | Magnetic resonance apparatus In magnetic resonance apparatus in a magnet system (1) for generating a steady magnetic field, a coil system (3) for generating gradient fields, and at least one RF coil (9) which is tuned to a predetermined frequency and connected to first and second inp... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388141 | X-ray apparatus comprising an apparatus section which is pivotable about a horizontal pivotal axis The invention relates to an X-ray apparatus, including an apparatus section which is pivotable about a horizontal pivotal axis that does not extend through its center of gravity, and a spring assembly for compensation of the torque which is exerted by the... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386501 | Device for forming a circular image on a display screen A display screen (3) is scanned in a pattern of parallel image lines, each extending in conformity with the equation y=YL in a rectangular system of coordinates associated with the display screen, YL having a different value for each... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5386395 | Ultrasonic device comprising an active impedance matching device between an ultrasonic transducer and the generator for generating pulse signals for the transducer An ultrasonic active impedance matching device between an ultrasonic transducer and a generator of pulses includes an interface stage (100) and a matching stage (200) which are connected by way of a coaxial cable (150) having an impedance of 50 ohms. The ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5381456 | Rotary-anode x-ray tube comprising a sleeve bearing A rotary-anode X-ray tube includes a sleeve bearing having bearing faces which are rotatable relative to one another in a direction of rotation and at least one of which is provided with a pattern of grooves. The service life of such a sleeve bearing can ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5379766 | Magnetic resonance imaging method and device for monitoring motion of a part of an object based on stimulated echoes A magnetic resonance imaging method and device (1) allow for automatic quantitative motion evaluation of a part of an object (4). The pulse and gradient sequence (tsq1, tsq2), which achieves a high contrast tagging grid, is a stimulated echo based tagging... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5369268 | X-ray detector with charge pattern read-out by TFT switching matrix An X-ray image amplifier tube designed with an input screen having a photocathode and with a detection screen which is opposite the latter and a short distance away for detection of a photo-electron beam which is generated by X-ray input image signals and... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5368033 | Magnetic resonance angiography method and apparatus employing an integration projection Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) method and apparatus for determining an angiogram, in the form of a two-dimensional array of pixel intensities, from time-of-flight or phase contrast MRA volumetric image data utilizes a weighted sum, pixel by pixel, o... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5367155 | X-ray image intensifier tube with improved entrance section In an X-ray image intensifier tube an entrance section is optimized in respect of image quality, optical aberrations and efficiency. To achieve this, notably in order to avoid photocathode charging phenomena, a separating layer having an adapted electrica... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5365429 | Computer detection of microcalcifications in mammograms A method of aiding detection of breast cancer by computer analysis of a mammogram image includes computing filtered second spatial derivative of intensity values at the pixels of the image, in the form of a Laplacian. The filtering is iterative adaptive s... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363854 | Method of detecting anomalies of the skin, more particularly melanomae, and apparatus for carrying out the method An apparatus for detecting anomalies of the skin, more particularly melanomae, includes a light source for illuminating a two-dimensionally extending examination region of the skin, successively, with ultraviolet light range and with visible light. A came... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5359289 | Magnetic resonance device In known magnetic resonance devices shimming is applied on the basis of maps of field inhomogeneities obtained from two images of a slice of an object by formation of a ratio image thereof. This ratio image is processed in order to obtain shimming informa... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5357549 | Method of dynamic range compression of an X-ray image and apparatus effectuating the method The dynamic range of density or intensity values of pixels in an X-ray image is compressed in a manner preserving the range which is of primary interest for diagnosis, while still allowing recognition of detailed structure in the further ranges. This is a... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5357551 | X-ray analysis apparatus with pulse amplitude shift correction and detector reading circuit means suited for use in such an apparatus In a gas ionization x-ray detector pulse-amplitude shifts will adversely affect the accuracy of the analysis. At increasing count rates a space charge building up leads to a decrease of the impact ionization in the detector thereby causing the detected pu... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5352896 | High energy radiation detector including a radiation to light converter having baffle plates extending toward a light detector A radiation converter (1) receives high energy radiation (X) at a first major surface (1a) and emits light (0) from a second major surface (1b). A detector (2) is laterally displaced from the converter (1) so as to be positioned away from the high energy ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5347220 | Magnetic resonance apparatus comprising a bird-cage RF coil A magnetic resource apparatus includes a mainly cylindrical RF coil (9) having a longitudinal directed central axis (33) and symmetry plane (35) which contains the central axis and a reference plane (37). The reference plane extends perpendicularly to the... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5347521 | Method and arrangement for data transmission with load monitor and adaptive distribution In a method of data transmission from a plurality of sub-stations to a main station over a common channel which is subdivided into time slots whose length and synchronization are determined by a corresponding time slot distribution of a data transmission ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5347570 | Method for peripheral angiography and arrangement for carrying out the method The invention relates to a method for peripheral angiography in which the examination zone and an X-ray imaging system are displaced relative to one another and X-ray images of neighbouring parts of the examination zone are formed in different positions, ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5347218 | Method and apparatus for rapid spin echo magnetic resonance imaging In a spin-echo magnetic resonance sequence a phase encoding gradient magnetic field (39) is applied after the 180° rephasing pulse (321). After detection of the spin-echo signal (33) the position dependent phases are compensated for by applyin... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5345083 | X-ray detector comprising an improved entrance window An inner side of a radiation entrance window in an X-ray detector is provided with an electrically conductive layer of gold, platinum, irridium or a mixture of these elements. Using such a layer, suitable electrical conductivity, a low radiation absorptio... | 09/06/1994 |
