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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120027170 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS Even when one side of a radiological image detector is inclined with respect to a straight line linking two focal positions of radiation, an appropriate stereoscopic image is displayed. The amount d of shift between two radiological images in a direction perpendicular t... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027168 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE RADIOGRAPHING AND DISPLAYING METHOD AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE RADIOGRAPHING AND DISPLAYING APPARATUS It is possible to always display a stereoscopic image obtained by observing a subject from the front side even when the position of the subject is shifted. A radiological image radiographing and displaying method includes irradiating a subject with radiation emitted fro... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110255661 | IMAGING FLUOROSCOPY METHOD AND SYSTEM USING A NAVIGATION SYSTEM MARKER DEVICE In a method and system for use of a marker device in a fluoroscopy imaging system that is coupled with a navigation system, the navigation system is designed to determine a position of a patient, or of an instrument relative to the fluoroscopy system, with the use of a ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110235889 | METHOD FOR ENHANCED VISUALIZATION OF OBJECTS IN INTERVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD A method for enhanced visualization of objects in interventional angiographic examinations is proposed. An empty image, a fill image with contrast-agent-filled vascular tree, and a native image and/or one further image with introduced object are acquired by a detector h... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110200169 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS A radiographic apparatus includes a radiation source for emitting radiation, a radiation detecting device for detecting the radiation, a radiation grid placed to cover a radiation detecting plane of the radiation detecting device, a pattern storage device for storing a ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110188726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STITCHING MULTIPLE IMAGES INTO A PANORAMIC IMAGE Disclosed is a method for generating a panoramic image of a region of interest (ROI) which is larger than a field of a view of a radiation based imaging device, comprising, positioning markers along the ROI, acquiring a set of images along the ROI, wherein the acquired ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110158380 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS In one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, a rotating mechanism, a high voltage generating unit, a reconstruction processing unit, a projection image generating unit configured to generate a projection image base... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110064189 | Method and System for Needle Tracking in Fluoroscopic Image Sequences A method and system for tracking a needle in a fluoroscopic image sequence is disclosed. In order to track a needle in a fluoroscopic image sequence, the needle is initialized in a first frame of the fluoroscopic image sequence. Needle segments are detected in each subs... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20100256510 | Apparatus for assisting with the positioning of an implant An apparatus for assisting with positioning of an implant on a specific point in a vessel of a patient is proposed. A first interventional instrument is inserted in a region of the specific point. A series of 2D x-ray recordings of the vessel with the first instrument a... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100208973 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE A method for radiological imaging of a region of interest including blood vessels. The method has the steps of acquiring a real-time fluoroscopic image of the region of interest by exposing the region of interest to a first dose of X-rays, the fluoroscopic image showing... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100074404 | X-RAY FLUOROSCOPIC SYSTEM Provided is an X-ray fluoroscopic system capable of highly accurately performing tilting tracking or rotational tracking by a simple operation in an observation work without inputting a distance from the surface of a table and an observed point of an object of fluorosco... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100046699 | FLUOROSCOPY INSTALLATION A system for moving a test object for a fluoroscopy unit includes a test carriage configured to be fixable to the test object and a guide element rotatable about a rotational axis, wherein the test carriage is configured to move along the guide element in a direction ex... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100040196 | X-RAY GENERATOR FOR ACHIEVING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING EFFECT AND MEDICAL X-RAY DEVICE USING THE X-RAY GENERATOR The present invention provides an X-ray generator for achieving stereoscopic imaging effect and an X-ray device using the X-ray generator (101) as the X-ray source. The X-ray generator (101) can emit X-rays alternately from two positions the space of which... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090225937 | MAGNESIUM SILICIDE-BASED MULTILAYER X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYZERS The present invention provides a multilayer structure including a substrate having formed on a surface thereof at least one period of individual layers, the period having at least two layers including a first layer which includes magnesium silicide and a second layer wh... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090168955 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXPLORING GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS UTILIZING STRONTIUM MEASUREMENTS Formation strontium concentrations are measured utilizing a borehole tool. A log may be provided as a function of depth or distance. The strontium measurements can be correlated chronostratigraphically to provide a depth to absolute time correlation. Measures of stronti... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090016486 | Nickel Flux Composition In the x-ray fluorescence analysis of minerals, ores and other materials, chemicals containing lithium and boron are melted together at high temperatures to produce lithium borate compounds which are then cooled and reduced in size to a powder or coarse material. Such m... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080080754 | System and Method For Online Optimization of Guidewire Visibility In Fluoroscopic Systems A method for online optimization of guidewire visibility in fluoroscopic images includes providing an digitized image acquired from a fluoroscopic imaging system, the image comprising an array of intensities corresponding to a 2-dimensional grid of pixels, detecting a g... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080009945 | Apparatus and methods for templating and placement of artificial discs A method of determining the size and/or placement of a prosthetic disc in a disc space between adjacent endplates of two vertebrae in a selected spinal area, comprising: using a computer to identify the disc space parameters of height, width, depth and lordosis between ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070211851 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS An X-ray diagnosis apparatus is configured to control at least one of the X-ray diaphragm which restricts the irradiation range of the X-ray and the compensation filter which attenuates the amount of the X-ray based on at least one of the rotation position or the positi... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20050135558 | Fluoroscopic tomosynthesis system and method A technique is provided for generating a three-dimensional image from fluoroscopic projection images. The technique allows for the acquisition of fluoroscopic images at different perspectives relative to a region of interest. One or more three-dimensional images may the... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050063508 | Radiographic apparatus and radiation detection signal processing method An apparatus according to the invention includes a response coefficient to dose relationship memory for storing, in advance, a relationship of correspondence between intensities of an exponential function for impulse response and X-ray doses. The intensities of the expo... | 03/24/2005 |
