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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8077827 | Method for thickness calibration and measuring thickness of material A method for measuring the thickness of a first absorbing material in the presence of a second absorbing material is provided. The method comprises the steps as follow. The thickness (tS) of the first absorbing material is fixed and the thickness of the s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8014493 | Method and devices for assessing the threat status of an article at a security check point A method for performing security screening at a checkpoint is provided. The method includes providing an X-ray imaging system having a scanning area and providing a supporting device for supporting articles to be scanned in the scanning area, wherein the supporting ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009800 | Tray for assessing the threat status of an article at a security check point A method for performing security screening of a liquid product at a security checkpoint is provided. The liquid product is placed in a tray having at least two reference areas manifesting respective X-ray signatures when exposed to X-rays, the X-ray signatures being... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009799 | Tray for use in assessing the threat status of an article at a security check point A tray for holding an article while the article is being subjected to penetrating radiation is provided. The tray has a surface on which the article can be placed while subjected to penetrating radiation. The surface has at least two areas, namely a first area and a... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000441 | Calibration devices and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to calibration devices and to methods of using these devices. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7580504 | Calibration devices and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to calibration devices and to methods of using these devices. ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7542543 | Apparatus and method for well services fluid evaluation using x-rays A method and apparatus for determining the density and phase fractions of well services fluids is shown including an x-ray generator, a sample cell, and a radiation detector. Radiation is passed through the sample cell and fluid and the attenuated radiation signal i... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7430275 | Method and apparatus for measuring the diameter of a steel reinforcement rod in concrete The present invention is for measuring the diameter of a steel reinforcement rod in a concrete. Therein, a comparing rod is deposed outside of the construction and is corresponding to the steel rod to make the magnification rates of the steel rod and the comparing r... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7387439 | X-ray beam calibration for bone mineral density assessment using mammography system An apparatus and method calibration method, particularly to determine an x-ray generation technique to acquire a hand x-ray image using a mammography x-ray system for assessing Radiographic Absorptiometry (RA) based BMD (Bone Mineral Density). ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379529 | Methods and devices for quantitative analysis of x-ray images The present invention relates to network enabled analysis of x-ray images. Also described are devices comprising calibration phantoms; methods of using these devices; methods of formulating databases containing information regarding x-ray images; the databases thems... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369640 | Radiation scanning of objects for contraband In one example, a scanning unit for examining contents of a cargo container is disclosed comprising a first path through the scanning unit for transport of a cargo container and one or more sources of respective beams of radiation. At least one of the one or more so... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368717 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365332 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362844 | Tomography appliance, and method for a tomography appliance A tomography appliance and method for a tomography appliance make it possible to calculate, in a simple and efficient manner, detector-element-related coefficients of an intensity function dependent on the detector output signal and to calculate the X-ray-emitter-re... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358500 | Radiation detection by dual-faced scintillation An imaging device comprising a scintillator and a first and second imaging elements. The scintillator emits scintillation light in response to an incident of an energy beam. The imaging elements take an image of the scintillation light. These imaging elements have i... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353271 | Method and system for tracking clients A method and system for tracking access by clients to a server object of a server class. The client tracking system provides a derived client tracking server class that includes an overriding implementation of a query function of the server class. The overriding imp... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7304750 | Systems and methods for non-destructive mass sensing The invention provides systems and methods for measuring the mass of a substance. In one method, energy is applied to a substance and a response resulting from the application of energy as measured. The mass of the substance is then determined based at least in part... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292674 | Methods and devices for quantitative analysis of x-ray images The present invention relates to network enabled analysis of x-ray images. Also described are devices comprising calibration phantoms; methods of using these devices; methods of formulating databases containing information regarding x-ray images; the databases thems... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280683 | Method, code, and system for assaying joint deformity A method, machine-readable storage medium embodying computer-readable code and automated system for assaying or monitoring the extent of joint or bone deformity reported by a summarized score that may include joint space narrowing, bone erosion and periarticular ost... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279676 | Position sensitive radiation spectrometer A position sensitive radiation spectrometer for identifying, quantifying, and locating a radioactive source in a target. The position sensitive radiation spectrometer includes an array of gamma-ray detectors arranged along one or more dimensions of a container to be... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7245697 | Methods and devices for quantitative analysis of x-ray images The present invention relates to network enabled analysis of x-ray images. Also described are devices comprising calibration phantoms; methods of using these devices; methods of formulating databases containing information regarding x-ray images; the databases thems... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7218704 | X-ray backscatter mobile inspection van An inspection system based upon an enclosed conveyance such as a van, capable of road travel, for inspecting persons or objects. The conveyance is characterized by an enclosing body, or skin. A source of penetrating radiation and a spatial modulator for forming the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7203274 | Method and apparatus for multiple-projection, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scanning Methods and apparatuses for advanced, multiple-projection, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning systems include combinations of a conical collimator; a high-resolution two-dimensional detector; a portable, power-capped, variable-exposure-time power supply; an e... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7177390 | Digital x-ray tomosynthesis system Method and device for digital x-ray tomosynthesis. Tomographic and/or three-dimensional images of an object are obtained with an x-ray source and a digital x-ray image sensor. The source, object and sensor are positioned relative to each other and attenuation data i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168854 | Examination table providing x-ray imaging A multi-use examination table provides x-ray imaging thereby conserving examination room space and to speed patient examination while retaining standard examination table features such as table extensions, foot end drawers, trays and stirrups, and a step for access ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158611 | Method for determining density distributions and atomic number distributions during radiographic examination methods The functional dependency of a first X-ray absorption value of density and atomic number is determined in the instance of a first X-ray spectrum, and at least the functional dependency of a second X-ray absorption value of density and atomic number is determined in ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7120225 | Methods and devices for analysis of x-ray images The present invention relates to methods and devices for analyzing x-ray images. In particular, devices, methods and algorithms are provided that allow for the accurate and reliable evaluation of bone mineral density and bone structure from x-ray images. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110493 | X-ray detector system having low Z material panel A method and apparatus for detecting concealed items on or in an object by utilizing a low Z material panel. The object to be scanned is located between an x-ray detector and the low Z material panel. The method includes producing a pencil beam of x-rays from an x-r... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108424 | Method and apparatus for calibration of indirect measurement systems A calibration technique is presented for calibrating non-reference indirect measurement systems with respect to a reference indirect measurement system. A reference map function filling procedure fits a reference map function based on known values of a parameter of ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103137 | Radiation scanning of objects for contraband A scanning unit for identifying contraband within objects, such as cargo containers and luggage, moving through the unit along a first path comprises at least one source of a beam of radiation movable across a second path that is transverse to the first path and ext... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100420 | Cigarette monitoring A cigarette monitoring device capable of monitoring individual smoking behaviour and particularly smoke deliveries and of communicating this and other information to a remote location and/or the consumer. The device comprises a cigarette monitoring means, fluid-flow... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099434 | X-ray backscatter mobile inspection van An inspection system based upon an enclosed conveyance such as a van, capable of road travel, for inspecting objects of inspection that may include persons. The conveyance is characterized by an enclosing body, or skin. A source of penetrating radiation and a spatia... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092486 | System and method for the measurement of the layer thickness of a multi-layer pipe System for measuring layer thicknesses of a multi-layer pipe by measuring with a detector array (2) the attenuation of an X-ray transmitted though the pipe. According to the invention the detector array (2) comprises an array of detector elements D | 08/15/2006 |
| 7069066 | Bone densitometer providing improved longitudinal studies An x-ray densitometry system provides improved analysis of bone images taken of a patient over a course of time by comparing the images to deduce positioning errors and/or to correct positioning errors for improved quantitative assessment of the bone. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058159 | Methods and devices for quantitative analysis of x-ray images The present invention relates to networked enabled analysis of x-ray images. Also described are devices comprising calibration phantoms; methods of using these devices; methods of formulating databases containing information regarding x-ray images; the databases the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050534 | Methods and devices for quantitative analysis of x-ray images The present invention relates to network enabled analysis of x-ray images. Also described are devices comprising calibration phantoms; methods of using these devices; methods of formulating databases containing information regarding x-ray images; the databases thems... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050530 | Method and apparatus for the spatially-resolved determination of the element concentrations in objects to be examined A method is proposed for the spatially-resolved determination of the concentration of n elements and/or element combinations in an object to be examined that includes these elements and/or element combinations. In the method, use is made of an X-ray installation to ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045787 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046834 | Method for measuring bone mineral density by using X-ray image A method for measuring a bone mineral density, by use of an x-ray image, in a bone mineral density measuring system, includes the steps of: (a) obtaining an X-ray image of bone; (b) setting a region of interest on the obtained X-ray image of bone; (c) calculating a ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029177 | X-ray diagnosis apparatus An X-ray diagnosis apparatus for obtaining an X-ray image comprises an X-ray radiator, a detector, a first mechanism, a second mechanism, a controller, and an image processor. The X-ray radiator is configured to radiate an X-ray to a specimen. The detector is config... | 04/18/2006 |
