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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8121257 | X-ray image capturing device and a method thereof In an X-ray image capturing device which performs image capturing by receiving image capturing information that includes protocols from an information system, when a protocol which is not associated to a body part is transferred, image capturing of such protocol can... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8085902 | Automatic control of a medical device System and method for automatic control of processes or application, such as the activation or deactivation of a radiation source for medical purposes. The system comprises an operator tracking system arranged to determine the gesture/posture of a user, an evaluatio... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8054942 | Radiation image capturing method, radiation image capturing system and radiation information system for carrying out radiation image capturing method A radiation image capturing method, a radiation image capturing system, and a radiation information system are provided. In the present invention, a console checks a cassette ID (specified cassette ID) sent from an RIS server as the cassette ID of a radiation detect... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7835498 | Automatic control of a medical device System and method for automatic control of processes or application, such as the activation or deactivation of a radiation source for medical purposes. The system comprises an operator tracking system arranged to determine the gesture/posture of a user, an evaluatio... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7822180 | Methods and apparatus for battery powered devices A method includes automatically determining a specific mobile device to use from a plurality of mobile devices based on at least one of a battery metric, a patient procedure, and a location of the devices or of the patient. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813478 | Method and apparatus to facilitate provision and use of multiple X-ray sources One provides (101 and 102) two or more X-ray sources (202 and 204) that are independent and discrete from one another. By one approach, these X-ray sources emit corresponding X-rays (203 and 205) using different voltage leve... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7801276 | Radiation image capturing system and method of capturing radiation image A radiation image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject by a radiation emitted from a radiation source and applied through the subject, a detecting unit for detecting whether the radiation source is orien... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7778390 | X-ray facility with error protection circuit The invention relates to a residual-current circuit breaker for an X-ray device. In one embodiment, the residual-current circuit breaker comprises at least one input, via which a detector identification signal of a detector identification element can be received, sa... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7502445 | Radiographing plan assisting method and X-ray CT system With a view to providing a radiographing plan assisting method which can easily prepare a radiographing plan by utilizing a user interface, it is made possible to select an anatomical region through a user interface, select through a user interface an anatomical are... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7471768 | Systems and methods for estimating presence of a material within a volume of interest using x-ray Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for x-ray imaging including: exposing a volume of interest to a first technique level to obtain a first set of image data; exposing the volume of interest to a second technique level to obtain a second se... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7409043 | Method and apparatus to control radiation tube focal spot size A method for controlling focal spot size changes of an x-ray source in an imaging system includes measuring focal spot sizes as a function of a plurality of x-ray source operating parameters, determining a calibration table or transfer function utilizing the measure... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7343001 | Automatic detector selection by study type Methods of using an X-ray system having a central computer system, an X-ray source and a bank of wireless detectors. The methods include an automated X-ray system that requires the input of a type of X-ray to be performed on a patient, and the systems determine and ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327829 | Cathode assembly An improved cathode assembly, including a filament for producing an electron stream having a highly uniform cross sectional density. The cathode assembly comprises a support base, a cathode cup affixed to the support base, and a filament disposed in a slot defined o... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7286641 | Method and device for exposing x-ray images The invention relates to a method of controlling the exposure of an X-ray image. Starting values for the tube current, the tube voltage and the exposure duration are hereby set on the X-ray tube (10). Following the start of the exposure, the resultant dose ra... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7263170 | Radiation therapy system featuring rotatable filter assembly A radiation therapy system is provided having a radiation source for providing radiation for treating a patient, including treating skin cancer, wherein the radiation source features a filtering device that changes its filtering characteristic for filtering the radi... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7236567 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing operation of an x-ray system and a magnetic system An x-ray apparatus has a flat panel x-ray detector, the operation of which is susceptible to interference by strong magnetic fields. In order to allow the x-ray system to be operated concurrently with a magnetic system, such as a magnetic tracking system or a magnet... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7227923 | Method and system for CT imaging using a distributed X-ray source and interpolation based reconstruction A method for Computed Tomography (CT) imaging is provided. The method comprises rotating a gantry at a substantially slow rotation speed about a volume of interest. The gantry comprises a combination of X-ray source points. The X-ray source points comprise one or mo... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7192188 | Apparatus and method for conducting medical procedures on multiple patients respectively at different locations In a method and an apparatus for conducting a medical procedure on a number of patients respectively disposed at a number of different locations, a component of a medical device for implementing the medical procedure is moved along a pre-assembled track that extends... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190763 | Exposure calculation method and radiography system A method of calculating an exposure a patient receives during radiography includes retrieving a value of a dose rate, which is associated with a value of the tube voltage of an X-ray tube, from a first lookup table that is created in advance, retrieving a value of a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187753 | Monochromator for an X-ray radiator allowing modification of the X-ray spectral composition A monochromator to be used in an X-ray device having an X-ray source is formed by a crystal for spectral restriction of X-rays produced by the X-ray source. The monochromator includes a positioning device that can move the crystal so that it changes the spectral com... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175346 | Motorized adjustable x-ray apparatus A motorized adjustable x-ray apparatus has a transmitter operable by AN operator for adjustment of a C-arm and mechanically connected with the C-arm. The transmitter allows adjustment of both an angulation angle and an orbital angle of the C-arm. The speed of the ad... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162067 | Image reading system and method for radiography with preregistration and post-registration options The invention is designed to help coordinate the processing of radiographic images for a lab, hospital, office, or other locations for example. The image reading system may have a reading device for reading image information from a containing member in which a recor... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7122802 | Method and apparatus for increasing the data acquisition rate in a digital detector A technique is provided for improving performance of a digital detector system, such as in a digital X-ray system. Improved frame rates and enhanced resolutions are achieved by selecting a field of view of interest and processing pixel information only for the selec... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110501 | Image sensing system This invention is to provide a system which has a plurality of sensor units and can efficiently sense an image. A sensing system includes a plurality of sensor units, a plurality of selection switches that are arranged in correspondence with the plurality of sensor ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7020511 | Method for three dimensional cine EBA/CTA imaging Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for three-dimensional cine EBA/CTA imaging. The method includes monitoring a cardiac cycle of a patient and selecting a trigger point along the cardiac cycle. When the cardiac cycle of the patient reaches... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016469 | Voice activated diagnostic imaging control system A medical examination suite is described. In one example embodiment, the suite comprises an exam room having a microphone and at least a portion of a medical imaging system therein. A microphone sensitivity zone is located in the exam room. The suite further compris... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010091 | Photodetecting means, X-ray sensing method, X-ray sensing apparatus, and photoelectric conversion element An X-ray sensing apparatus with which reduction is achieved in the amount of electric power consumed to drive an X-ray sensor, including: a sensing unit including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements each converting light into an electric signal; a drivi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006600 | Integrated digital dental x-ray system An integrated digital x-ray diagnostic system and a method for conducting dental radiography which includes optimizing exposure settings based on certain physical parameters of a patient, communicating the operational status of the x-ray generator and the exposure s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999558 | Mobile radiographic apparatus, radiographic system, radiographic method, program, computer-readable storage medium, and information system In a radiographic method using a mobile radiographic apparatus including an image generating unit which includes photoelectric conversion elements and generates radiographic image data of an object, key information for selecting radiographic request information is t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6977990 | Image sensing system This invention is to provide a system which has a plurality of sensor units and can efficiently sense an image. A sensing system includes a plurality of sensor units, a plurality of selection switches that are arranged in correspondence with the plurality of sensor ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6944322 | Optical tomography of small objects using parallel ray illumination and post-specimen optical magnification A parallel-beam optical tomography system for imaging an object of interest includes a parallel ray beam radiation source that illuminates the object of interest with a plurality of parallel radiation beams. After passing through the object of interest the pattern o... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944269 | Medical imaging examination facility A medical imaging examination device has an X-ray source, a reception unit for receiving the X-rays that penetrate a patient, an operating device for operation of the examination device by an operator, and a memory device wherein images are or can be stored in elect... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920201 | X-ray device with a storage for X-ray exposure parameters The invention relates to an X-ray device in which a set of exposure parameters is fetched from among a number of such sets stored in a first storage arrangement for APR X-ray exposures. The exposure parameters which result therefrom during the subsequent X-ray expos... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6879661 | Radiographing apparatus including a control section for establishing a standby mode in a radiographing section A radiographing apparatus, is provided which includes a control section and a plurality of radiographing sections, each of which is connected to the control section. The control section establishes a standby mode in each of the radiography sections when each of the ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6859521 | Method and arrangement for controlling an X-ray beam In a method and apparatus for controlling an X-ray device having at least one X-ray tube and at least one X-ray detector, wherein the X-ray tube and/or the X-ray detector are movably arranged, before an activation of an X-ray tube indicated for a desired measurement... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6785358 | Voice activated diagnostic imaging control user interface A X-ray exam system includes an x-ray source, a detector positioned to receive x-rays transmitted for the x-ray source, a patient table positioned so that the x-ray source emits x-rays towards a patient thereon, a video monitor for displaying images while performing... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6714623 | Image collecting system In an image collecting system for sensing an X-ray image by using a solid state image pickup unit, the operability of the system is improved by omitting an operation of turning on and off the solid state image pickup unit or other operations. When an operator select... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6697451 | Dynamic phantom and method for evaluating calcium scoring A method of evaluating a substance scoring system comprises acquiring data from a phantom using an imaging system, moving at least a portion of the phantom during the acquiring step, and generating an actual substance score for the phantom based on the da... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6563902 | Energy dispersive X-ray analyzer In order provide an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer that can perform efficient measurement by optimizing signal processing time of an X-ray counting section, an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer is provided with an energy dispersive X-ray detector, an X-r... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6421552 | Methods and apparatus for estimating cardiac motion using projection data A method for estimating motion of a part of an object, using a CT imaging system, is therefore provided in one embodiment of the present invention. This method includes steps of: scanning the object with the CT imaging system so as to acquire conjugate da... | 07/16/2002 |
