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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120022357 | MEDICAL EMITTER/DETECTOR IMAGING/ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Improved methods and apparatuses for imaging during medical procedures in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention include use of an image correction algorithm. In various embodiments, an original image of a region of interest where a medical procedu... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110317816 | Conversion of Existing Portable or Mobile Analog Radiographic Apparatus for Enabling Digital Radiographic Applications A kit for converting an existing mobile or portable film X-ray examination apparatus typically configured solely for analog radiography to enable said examination apparatus for digital radiographic applications. The kit includes a tablet PC that is attached to the wheel... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316568 | DETECTOR STATE MONITORING SYSTEM AND A PORTABLE DETECTOR INCLUDING SAME A portable imaging detector and a method for operating the portable imaging detector are provided. The portable imaging detector includes a docking connector having a plurality of docking connector contacts. The method includes measuring a voltage at a first docking con... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110305321 | Radiographic apparatus and method A timing to acquire a still image signal is controlled such that a sum (Tst+Trd) of a storage period Tst and a readout period Trd for the still image signal is an integral multiple (Ts+Tr=Tck×n, where n is an integer of 2 or greater) of a cycle Tck of a moving image ca... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110293068 | Electronic X-Ray Camera with Spectral Resolution An X-ray camera includes a camera housing, an image pickup element which is sensitive at least for X-rays, and an X-ray objective. The X-ray objective lens has a capillary structure and the image pickup element is constructed as a two-dimensional pixilated semiconductor... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293069 | MEDICAL VIEWING SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AN X-RAY IMAGE A medical viewing system comprises an X-ray source, a collimator for limiting the X-ray radiation output of the X-ray source and a flat X-ray detector, wherein the collimator is adjustable such that the subsequent X-ray images acquired by the X-ray detector comprise a r... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110286575 | PORTABLE RADIOLOGICAAL IMAGING SYSTEM In one embodiment, a portable radiological imaging system includes a portable base station having an X-ray source and a power supply, a wireless X-ray detector configured to receive X-ray radiation from the source and to generate image data based upon the received radia... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110274251 | WIRELESS X-RAY DETECTOR OPERATION COORDINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD In one embodiment, a method for coordinating operation of X-ray detectors in a wireless X-ray system includes detecting multiple wireless X-ray detectors within an operative range of an X-ray base station, the detected X-ray detectors each having one of multiple possibl... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110274244 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS DETECTOR AND IMAGING SUBSYSTEM A method and a system are disclosed for operating an X-ray imaging subsystem with an X-ray imaging detector. Each subsystem may be one of many that could operate with one another to create X-ray images. An association is established between the imaging subsystem and the... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110222663 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE A radiographic image capturing device includes: a radiation detector that has plural sensor portions; a detection circuit that reads out, as electrical signals, electric charge quantities stored in each of the sensor portions and converts the electrical signals into dig... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110211672 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD In a radiographic image acquiring apparatus, in the event that one radiation detection device is selected from among a plurality of radiation detection devices, each of which are capable of converting radiation into a radiographic image, the radiographic image acquiring... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110110497 | IMAGING AREA SPECIFYING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, IMAGING AREA SPECIFYING METHOD, RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGING TABLE An imaging area specifying apparatus that includes a storage component and a specifying component is provided. The storage component stores as correlation information a correlation value correlated with the amount of radiation emitted to each of a plurality of predeterm... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110096904 | Linear X-ray detector using fiber optic face plate to alter optical path A radiation damage resistant linear X-ray detector system based on a unique image transferring principle to alter the optical path and thus reduces or eliminates the X-ray radiation damage on the electrical components of the detector system. The system includes a layer ... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110075812 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING METHOD, RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM A radiation imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit to capture a radiation image of an object, a discrimination unit to discriminate whether the current imaging mode is a mode of storing radiation images or a mode of storing no radiation image, a first calculation un... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110075813 | METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING A WIRELESS DETECTOR WITH AN IMAGING APPARATUS A method for obtaining an x-ray image stores an association between a digital radiology receiver panel, a label that is applied to one or more surfaces of the digital radiology receiver panel, and an x-ray imaging room. A response to an operator instruction designates t... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110075811 | Radiation detection device, imaging control device, radiation imaging system, and self diagnostic method of radiation detection device In a cassette-type X-ray detection device, an X-ray detector and a self diagnostic circuit are contained in a cassette casing. When the cassette-type X-ray detection device gets a shock, the self diagnostic circuit is actuated. The self diagnostic circuit reads out from... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110051896 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD A radiographic imaging apparatus that is connectable to a plurality of radiation sensors includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a radiographing site and a radiographing posture of a subject based on an instruction from an operat... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110019798 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING X-RAY SCATTERING An X-ray imaging apparatus and method for reducing X-ray scattering are provided. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source, a collimator, a detector, and a controller. The X-ray source emits X-rays, the collimator collimates the X-rays into an X-ray beam, an... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100303208 | METHOD FOR RECORDING AN X-RAY IMAGE, X-RAY DETECTOR AND X-RAY SYSTEM To obtain a high-quality X-ray image from X-ray detectors with defective pixels, an X-ray image of an object is recorded by an active pixel matrix of an X-ray detector from at least two partial X-ray images, in which a first partial image is recorded from picture elemen... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100246772 | X-ray Photographing Apparatus for Receiving and Editing X-ray Image An X-ray imaging system includes a digital imaging panel for capturing an X-ray image of an object and an X-ray device for irradiating a beam of X-rays toward the digital imaging panel and making wireless communication with the digital imaging panel. The X-ray device is... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100208872 | SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING A system for spectroscopic imaging of bodily tissue in which a scintillation screen and a charged coupled device (CCD) are used to accurately image selected tissue. An x-ray source generates x-rays which pass through a region of a subject's body, forming an x-ray image ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208871 | Bed for capturing radiation image and radiation image capturing system A radiation detecting cassette is disposed in a desired position between a bed and a patient in an operating room. After a detector-side connector and a bed-side connector are connected to each other by a cable, an image capturing apparatus captures and records radiatio... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100104071 | X-Ray Imaging Readout and System An innovative readout circuit for a pixel detector, for example a solid-state X-ray pixel array, The invention includes a bank of successive approximation ADCs with a DAC in a feedback path. The integral non-linearity of the DACs and of the ADC is reduced to very low le... | 04/29/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100054417 | PORTABLE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS There is provided a portable radiographic imaging apparatus including: an image output unit which detects a radiation which penetrates an object to be imaged and is irradiated on a surface to be irradiated of a casing, and outputs data of a radiographic image which repr... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090272909 | IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, CONTROLLING METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM OF IMAGING APPARATUS An imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes a transmitting path transmitting the output electric signal, and a read out circuit performing a sampling and holding operation for holding the electric signal read out through the transmitting path, and p... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090245465 | METHOD OF DRIVING X-RAY DETECTOR AND X-RAY DETECTOR USING THE SAME In a method of driving an x-ray detector having a switching device connected to a light detecting pixel comprising a photodiode which detects an x-ray emitted from an x-ray generator and outputs an electrical signal corresponding to the x-ray, the method includes: recei... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090220044 | METHOD FOR SERVOING A SOURCE OF X-RAYS OF A DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE The invention relates to a radiographic device and method of servoing an X-ray source (800) in a radiography device comprising a MOS-type image sensor (810) with pixels provided with separate read and refreshment commands, respectively, in which, during a ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090196398 | RADIATION IMAGE RADIOGRAPHING SYSTEM A radiation image radiographing system using a combination of a plurality of consoles and a radiographic image detecting apparatus characterized by enhanced image verification efficiency. This radiation image radiographing system includes a radiographic image detecting ... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090110149 | High Speed X-Ray System A high frame rate X-ray system has an X-ray generator and detector for detecting the X-ray radiation from the X-ray generator, wherein the X-ray generator continuously generates X-rays while X-ray images are captured with a high frame rate by the detector.... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090092230 | DETECTOR HOLDER, X-RAY SYSTEM AND X-RAY FLAT DETECTOR A detector holder for a flat panel x-ray detector has a mechanical plug interface that allows flat panel x-ray detectors of respectively different types to be connected to and held by the detector holder. An x-ray system equipped with such a detector holder can be used ... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090052624 | CONVERSION APPARATUS, RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS, AND RADIATION DETECTING SYSTEM A conversion apparatus of the present invention includes a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged. The pixels are including the switching elements and the conversion elements. The pixel region includes a switching element region in which the plurality ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080304620 | System for quantitative radiographic imaging A system for spectroscopic imaging of bodily tissue in which a scintillation screen and a charged coupled device (CCD) are used to accurately image selected tissue. Applications include the imaging of radionuclide distributions within the human body or the use of a dual... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080292057 | CORRECTION METHOD FOR SOLID-STATE DETECTORS AND SOLID-STATE DETECTOR To guarantee a largely uncorrupted x-ray image for a solid-state detector with a pixel matrix featuring pixel elements comprising at least two plate elements arranged in one plane, whereby a first and a second plate element exhibit a displacement in relation to one anot... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080192897 | SMALL SPOT X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF) ANALYZER A hand-held, self-contained x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer produces a small x-ray spot on a sample to interrogate the elemental composition of a sample region of millimeter-size characteristic dimension. The analyzer includes a collimator for aiming an x-ray beam tow... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080025465 | X-RAY DETECTOR An X-ray detector to make possible digitization of an existing X-ray imaging apparatus is to be realized. Also an X-ray detector excellent in versatility is to be realized. This is an X-ray detector having a flat panel type detector unit for detecting the two-dimensiona... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070291900 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AT LEAST ONE OFFSET-CORRECTED X-RAY IMAGE In flat-panel X-ray detectors which have a multiplicity of detector elements which are in each case associated with one pixel of an X-ray image, the individual detectors generate offset signals. These offset signals are detected by recording offset images in which there... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070280420 | Mobile x-ray receiver for an x-ray apparatus An x-ray receiver for an x-ray apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the x-ray receiver includes a detector holding apparatus designed such that it can be connected to a detector for receiving x-rays. The x-ray receiver also includes an x-ray grid, connect... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070269009 | Radiation detector for X- or gamma rays A radiation detector is disclosed for x- or gamma rays. In at least one embodiment, the radiation detector includes an array of scintillation detectors and a reflector layer separating these from one another. The reflector layer includes a binder matrix and particles of... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070183572 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing a mandibular advancement device The present disclosure relates to a method for treating sleep disorders using an intra-oral appliance and to the fabrication of an intra-oral appliance that incorporates digital information into the process so as to increase efficiency and decrease cost. The method incl... | 08/09/2007 |
