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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7999234 | Cradle for use with radiation conversion device A cradle for use with a radiation conversion device includes a cradle for carrying out charging of a radiation conversion device, the cradle being disposed in the vicinity of an image capturing apparatus which captures a radiation image of a subject, the radiation c... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7626173 | X-ray detector and detector module An X-ray detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the X-ray detector includes a detector housing including a plurality of detector modules that extend into an interior space of the detector housing, the detector housing being designed to feed a coolant int... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7511277 | Nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus, positron emission computed tomography apparatus, and detector units A nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus is provided that can improve time resolution and energy resolution and diagnosing accuracy by enhancing radiation detectors in terms of moisture-proofing and dust-proofing effects while efficiently cooling the radiation detect... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7473901 | Apparatus for medical imaging with two detector systems An apparatus for medical imaging has a first detector system with a first radiation source for emission of first detection radiation, a first acquisition device for acquisition of the first detection radiation, and a first detection region that transversely penetrat... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7456407 | System for medical imaging and a patient support system for medical diagnosis A system for medical imaging and a patient support system for medical diagnosis are provided. The system includes a gantry mounted on the base. The gantry has an annular support. A detector head is fixed to the inner surface of the annular support. The annular suppo... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7426261 | X-ray system, and method using an x-ray system An X-ray system includes a radiation source, a central control device, a mobile solid object detector, and a wireless communication link between the solid object detector and the control device. For an examination to run correctly, the mobile solid object detector i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7414248 | Electrical penetration of nuclear detector tub Systems, methods and apparatus including an electrical penetration assembly for coupling a plurality of photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs) inside of a tub enclosure of a nuclear detector with an acquisition electronics system (AES) outside of the tub enclosure. The elect... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7399973 | System for medical diagnosis A system for medical diagnosis is provided. The system includes a gantry mounted on the base. The gantry has an annular support, which defines a cylindrical inner space. A detector head is fixed to the inner surface of the annular support. The annular support rotate... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7375337 | Constant radius single photon emission tomography A nuclear camera (10) includes four or more gamma detectors (20, 20′, 20″, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206) arranged or, a generally circular rotatable gantry (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) around an imaging region that emits emission radiation. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7335888 | Imaging apparatus to acquire tomography projections with improved orbit The present invention relates to an apparatus for nuclear medicine imaging in which the imaging platform is attached directly to the detectors for nuclear imaging to allow for minimal constant distance between the detector(s) and the object to be imaged. As the dete... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332724 | Method and apparatus for acquiring radiation data Method and apparatus for sensing and acquiring radiation data comprises sensing radiation events with a multi-modality detector. The detector comprises solid state crystals forming a matrix of pixels which may be arranged in rows and columns, and has a radiation det... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7312456 | Stationary multi-pinhole cardio vascular SPECT system A dynamic Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) system utilizes an array of modular detectors structured in a dome shape and being independently tiltable in polar or azimuth angle. The system can be used to image cardio-vascular studies as well as other... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7297956 | Methods and apparatus for small footprint imaging system A method and system for imaging a patient is provided. The system includes an arcuate detector transport member that extends circumferentially about an examination axis, a base comprising an arcuate transport element configured to receive the detector transport memb... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7282047 | Moving energy source A device for moving a therapeutic energy source over an area to be treated including at least one therapeutic energy source adapted to produce therapeutic energy and coupled to a mounting structure, and at least one moving unit connected to the mounting structure an... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7262415 | Gantry for geometrically configurable and non-configurable positron emission tomography detector arrays A gantry system for geometrically configuring a plurality of detectors for image scanning a patient comprises a plurality of essentially planar sensor support rings forming a barrel surrounding a central scanning area. Each ring is formed by opposing upper and lower... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242002 | Compact gamma camera A gamma camera system including a pair of gamma camera heads connected to form substantially a right angle. The pair of gamma camera heads are mounted on an arm. A rotation mechanism includes a pivot mounted on the arm and allows for rotation of pair of gamma camera... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7197105 | Efficient image reconstruction algorithm for the circle and line cone beam computed tomography Methods, systems and processes for providing efficient, accurate and exact image reconstruction using portable and easy to use C-arm scanning devices and rotating gantries, and the like. The invention can provide exact convolution-based filtered back projection (FBP... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193219 | Intraoral image sensor An intraoral sensor includes a radiation sensitive sensor array, an event detection circuit, and a transmitter. The radiation sensitive sensor array includes a scintillator which converts x-rays into visible light radiation, and a plurality of pixels sensitive to vi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7173249 | Nuclear medical diagnostic apparatus and method for detecting radiation A method for detecting radiation emitted from a radiation source within a subject. A radiation detector is moved in approximately parallel with the direction of the body axis of the subject. The detector is rotated about the body axis. The distance between the subje... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170972 | Methods and systems for multi-modality imaging A method of examining a patient is provided. The method includes aligning a patient table in an opening of a gantry unit that includes a CZT photon detector and an x-ray source, imaging a patient utilizing a first imaging modality during a first portion of a scan us... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166846 | Multi-pinhole collimation for nuclear medical imaging A multi-pinhole collimator nuclear medical imaging detector divides a target object space into many non-overlapping areas and projects a minified image of each area onto a segmented detector, where each segment functions as an independent detector or imaging cell. S... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162004 | Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus A PET gantry and a CT gantry are placed in parallel such that the CT gantry becomes remoter to a common examination couch having a movable couch table top board mounted with a subject person and the CT gantry is made to be movable. The gantries are controlled by a c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7136692 | Integrated audio visual system for nuclear medicine imaging systems A nuclear medicine imaging system including a gantry disposed above a table with a photo detector mounted on the gantry for performing imaging. The table may be fixed beneath the gantry or movable. A video screen is mounted on the gantry or on the table, along with ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7103233 | Methods and apparatus for determining component alignment A method for determining component misalignment in a multi-modality imaging system including a first modality unit, a second modality unit, and a table, includes imaging an object with the first modality unit to generate a first image, imaging the object with the se... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089612 | Motorized operating table with multiple sections An operating table including at least three elements which are moveable in relation to each other; at least two actuators, each controlling displacement of two elements in relation to the other; a controller which drives each actuator; a sensor to detect a risk of c... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083281 | Portable slit lamp A portable slit-lamp apparatus, including a body (11) able to be held in the hand of an operator and a solid state lamp means (55) and associated optics (52) carried by the body for generating a narrow beam of light and projecting the beam onto ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072443 | Intraoral image sensor A system for capturing multiple intraoral images includes an intraoral sensor. The sensor includes a sensor array, a transmitter and a power source that provides power to the sensor array and the transmitter. The sensor is configured to be inserted inside a patient'... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6972411 | Method of event detection for intraoral image sensor A method of determining that radiation is incident upon a radiation sensor comprising a plurality of radiation sensitive pixels includes the steps of monitoring an amount of current drawn by the pixels, and generating a signal indicating a presence of incident radia... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6949747 | Apparatus and method for automatically adjusting the path of a medical camera An apparatus for controlling a relative distance between a patient's body and a camera head in a medical imaging system is disclosed. The apparatus comprises (a) a light source provided at one side of a field of view, which is defined by a camera surface of the came... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6949733 | Determination of a movable gantry position including a dual measurement module The position of a working point relative to a working space, such as a working point of a carriage on a gantry beam of an XY positioning table, is determined by measuring at least two sets of displacements. A first set of displacements, of the working point relative... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946659 | Apparatus for forming radiation source distribution image A radiation source distribution image of an examinee is formed by driving X direction movement motors to move a radiation information-detecting unit in the X direction, and detecting radiation from the examinee on a stretcher placed between guide rails by using a co... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6927395 | Gamma camera collision avoidance A method of avoiding collisions with components of medical diagnostic imaging system includes defining a plurality of imaging system components as wire frame representations having vertices. The objects in the imaging system are defined in a common coordinate system... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6908307 | Dental camera utilizing multiple lenses A dental camera is provided having multiple lenses. The dental camera has at least a first lens for use in an intra-oral mode, and at least a second lens for use in an extra-oral mode. The dental camera is switchable between the intra-oral mode and the extra-oral mo... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6774371 | Method and apparatus for a multi-planar imaging system The invention comprises a system and method for multi-planar imaging using a plurality of detectors coupled to an ECDAS. Each of the plurality of detectors is independently positionable and configurable to acquire image data of one or more patients, and is controlle... | 08/10/2004 |
| RE38560 | Adjustable dual-detector image data acquisition system An improved image acquisition system allows the angular displacement between two detectors to be adjusted between 90° and 180° to reduce the imaging time for both 360° and 180° scans. A patient table is displaced vertically and horizontally from a lateral axis t... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6762411 | Reconfigure lock for dual detector gamma camera The present invention discloses a reconfigure lock for dual detector gamma camera that works with a triple race bearing. The outer race is stationary, it serves as part of the supporting frame. A detector (1) is mounted to the center race, which is driven by ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6693291 | Device and system for improved imaging in nuclear medicine and mammography A method and apparatus for detecting radiation including x-ray, gamma ray, and particle radiation for radiographic imaging, and nuclear medicine and x-ray mammography in particular, and material composition analysis are described. A detection system emplo... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6639220 | Data reducer for a scintillation camera A method of reducing data in a scintillation camera having a plurality of photomultiplier tubes arranged in rows and columns. The method comprises steps of (a) summing output signals from the photomultiplier tubes of each row to provide a summed row signa... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6627893 | Focused rotating slat-hole for gamma cameras γ-ray emissions (14) are detected by a rotating, one-dimensional detector array (18). Slats of a convergent or divergent collimator (16) are mounted between detector elements. The slats are canted by an angle from focusing on a focal spot (40) on... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6444987 | Gamma camera usable in two positions of a patient A gamma camera is made with two rings, each ring bearing a detector. A flap of a support of the detector can be unfolded or folded against a front face of the machine. In the folded position, the machine can be used to carry out tomography scans or standa... | 09/03/2002 |
