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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189893 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for binary multiplexing x-ray radiography Methods, systems, and computer program products for binary multiplexing x-ray radiography are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein can include irradiating an object with composite x-ray beams including signals based on a predetermi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189894 | Method to detect the aortic arch in CT datasets for defining a heart window A method for processing anatomic images acquired in volume by a medical imaging system. Also, a medical imaging system and a computer program, each configurable to perform this method. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189895 | Fused perfusion and functional 3D rotational angiography rendering A Method and system for visualising information by combining 3DRA with diagnostic data like regular CT or MR, and colorized physiologic data like perfusion or functional data to obtain a plurality of volumes obtained from the same patient. These volumes may be a 3DR... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184888 | Method and system for polyp segmentation for 3D computed tomography colonography A method and system for polyp segmentation in computed tomography colonogrphy (CTC) volumes is disclosed. The polyp segmentation method utilizes a three-staged probabilistic binary classification approach for automatically segmenting polyp voxels from surrounding ti... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184885 | System and method for visualizing a structure of interest A system. The system includes a computing device configured for communication with an imaging system and with a display device. The computing device includes a contour modeling module. The contour modeling module is configured for superimposing reference anchors on ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184886 | Deformable 2D-3D registration A method for deformable registration including determining a vector field from a two-dimensional matching of a volume of an object of interest and a two-dimensional image of the object of interest, providing a deformation profile, and finding a volume deformation th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184887 | System and method for image reconstruction A tomographic imaging apparatus is provided for generating images. The tomographic apparatus includes a computer programmed to access a data sinogram representative of the image, reconstruct the image, divide the image into a plurality of sub-regions, define a regio... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184890 | Computer-aided diagnosis and visualization of tomosynthesis mammography data The present invention provides a method and system using computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithms to aid diagnosis and visualization of tomosynthesis mammography data. The proposed CAD algorithms process two-dimensional and three-dimensional tomosynthesis mammograp... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184891 | Imaging system, imaging method and computer program for imaging a region of interest The present invention relates to an imaging system for imaging a region of interest comprising an illumination unit and a detection unit. The imaging system further comprises a grouping unit for grouping the detection values, wherein each group comprises at least on... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184883 | Motion compensated CT reconstruction of high contrast objects Cardiac CT imaging using gated reconstruction is currently limited in its temporal and spatial resolution. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an examination apparatus is provided in which an identification of a high contrast object is per... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184889 | Reconstruction support regions for improving the performance of iterative SPECT reconstruction techniques A method for iterative reconstruction of tomographic images of an object of interest includes obtaining data corresponding to a field of view of a detector, processing the data to prepare a reconstruction support region corresponding to a region within the field of ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184884 | Method for evaluating a tomography data record, and a tomography workstation A method is described for evaluating a tomography data record. In at least one embodiment, a tomography data record of a hollow organ is generated, the tomography data record is analyzed automatically, and organ sections to be assessed as critical are determined. Fu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184892 | Method and apparatus for tomosynthesis projection imaging for detection of radiological signs A method of image processing in a radiological apparatus includes reconstructing a 3D image of a body from a set of radiography projection images, locating structures presumed to be representative of 3D radiological signs within the 3D image, determining a set of 2D... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180131 | Methods, systems and computer program products for mixed-density optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for acquiring an image set using optical coherence tomography (OCT). A first portion of a defined volume is scanned at a low-density sampling rate to obtain a plurality of low-density frames. A second porti... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180132 | Method to correct the registration of radiography images A system and method for correcting the registration of a 3D image and a 2D image acquired with medical imaging systems is disclosed. The system and method determines acquisition geometry of the imaging system by calculating an initial projection matrix associated wi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180134 | In vivo structural and flow imaging Embodiments of the present invention include but are not limited to methods and systems for optical coherence imaging. A method for optical coherence imaging may comprise scanning a sample with an incident beam from a light source; detecting one or more spectral int... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180133 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus, and program An image processing method includes identifying a body region in a tomographic image based on pixel values within the tomographic image, extracting a bone muscle region corresponding to essential parts of bones and muscles based on bone muscle pixels having pixel va... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175362 | Display of classifier output and confidence measure in an image Systems and methods are described for displaying classifier output and confidence measure in an image. The confidence measure advantageously provides additional information to the user indicating the accuracy of the classification result. Based on the classification... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175358 | Apparatus and method for the processing of perfusion images The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the reconstruction of time-dependent cross-sectional images and may be applied for example in perfusion imaging in the vessel system (2) of a patient. According to the method, projections pi | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175361 | Method and apparatus for the artifact-reduced detection of a 3D object in tomographic imaging In order to regularize a reconstruction method associated with computed tomography (CT), in at least one example embodiment, information relating to the statistics of the attenuation values of the reconstructed object is also included in the form of the logarithmic ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175363 | System and method for additive spatial/intensity decomposition of medical images A method for decomposing digital medical images includes providing a digital medical image, segmenting the image into one or more biological structures, extracting one or more segmented biological structures from the image by extracting all voxels within a spatial e... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175366 | Method for obtaining spatial images through MRI and processing the resulting spatial images and product A method for recording a set of MRI images of a tissue pixel by pixel that evolve with time in a specific manner described by a function; processing the recorded MRI images by aggregating the pixels thereof according to a preselected aspect of time behavior; best fi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175364 | Medical image display device and program that generates marker and changes shape of region of interest to contact marker A medical image display device is configured to set first reference information for starting extraction of a desired region on a medical image displayed on a display and second reference information for terminating the region extraction, generate a marker with finit... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175359 | Iterative highly constrained image reconstruction method An image reconstruction method includes reconstructing an initial composite image of a subject using a conventional reconstruction method. The initial composite image employs the best information available regarding the subject of the scan and this information is us... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175360 | Method and system of multivariate analysis on normalized volume-wise data in the sinogram domain for improved quality in positron emission tomography studies A method and system are provided for improving the quality in positron emission tomography (PET) images. PET input data is masked using raw dynamic PET data (sinograms) as input for primary component analysis (PCA) that generates primary components which in turn are... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175365 | Method for registering a two-dimensional image data set, generated using fan-shaped imaging rays, in the medical field and a corresponding computer program product and method and system for automatically registering a body on the basis of two-dimensional image data, for use in medical navigation systems The present invention relates to a method for registering a two-dimensional image data set, generated using fan-shaped imaging rays, in the medical field, wherein the method comprises: processing the two-dimensional image data on the basis of a spatial transformatio... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170315 | Localized and highly constrained image reconstruction method An image reconstruction method includes reconstructing a composite image of a subject using a conventional reconstruction method. The composite image employs the best information available regarding the subject of the scan and this information is used to constrain t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170318 | Filter bank for ultrasound image enhancement Image enhancement is provided in ultrasound imaging. A filter bank is used to process the data. The data may be processed in parallel. Each filter outputs data representing a same location, but with a kernel path (e.g., line, curved line, area, curved surface, or vo... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170317 | Automatic iso-centering for rotational angiography An automated and semi-automated determination of an optimal table position for rotational angiography is provided which is performed on the basis of the determination of a translation vector pointing from a point of gravity of the object of interest to an iso-center... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170316 | Tomographic imaging with a stripe-like shaped sensor Tomographic imaging using an imaging sensor that has a stripe-like shape is disclosed where a stripe sensor is mechanically scanned over a sample at different angles. For a single stripe detector imaging, linear motion and angular rotation are required. Single strip... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165378 | Method and apparatus for visualizing tubular anatomical structures, in particular vessel structures, in medical 3D image records A method and an apparatus are disclosed for visualizing tubular anatomical structures, in particular vessel structures, in medical 3D image records. The method according to at least one embodiment of the invention includes: providing 3D image data of the tubular ana... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165377 | System and method for determining a cardiac axis An apparatus, system and method to determine a coordinate system of a heart includes an imager and a computer. The computer is programmed to acquire a first set of initialization imaging data from an anatomical region of a free-breathing subject. A portion of the fi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165379 | Method of processing radiological images, and, in particular, mammographic images A method of processing a radiological image of an organ. The method may comprise generating a recombined image (R) from at least one previously acquired low energy image (L) and one high energy image (H) of a portion of the organ. The recombined image comprises a ba... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165376 | System and method for automatic detection of rib metastasis in computed tomography volume A method and system for automatically detecting rib metastasis in a thoracic CT volume is disclosed. The ribs are segmented in said CT volume by recursive tracing. A series of cross-sectional images are then generated along a centerline of each rib. Cortical and tra... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165375 | Method and system for registering CT data sets Disclosed is a method and apparatus for registering data points in data sets representing scan data. Data points corresponding to a physical feature represented in the scan data are automatically detected. The detected data points in one data set are correlated with... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160338 | X-ray CT apparatus and myocardial perfusion image generating system An apparatus includes a transformation table acquiring unit, a blood-flow information acquisition unit and a blood-flow image generating unit. The transformation table acquiring unit obtains a transformation table for transforming unspecified information representin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160339 | Method of analyzing diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance image A method of analyzing a diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance image is adapted to analyze an orientation distribution function ψ0 of nerve fibers at a vector in space. The method includes the following steps: (A) finding an orientation {circumflex over (... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160340 | Reconstructing a tomographic image Tomographically reconstructing a 3D image object corresponding to a data set includes for each step in a series of iteration steps, determining an updated object by performing a combined operation, which includes performing an update operation for updating an input ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160341 | Systems and methods for automatic robust anatomy detection through local voting and prediction A method for performing a medical imaging study includes acquiring a preliminary scan. A set of local feature candidates is automatically detected from the preliminary scan. The accuracy of each local feature candidate is assessed using multiple combinations of the ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160345 | System and method for image segmentation in generating computer models of a joint to undergo arthroplasty A custom arthroplasty guide and a method of manufacturing such a guide are disclosed herein. The guide manufactured includes a mating region configured to matingly receive a portion of a patient bone associated with an arthroplasty procedure for which the custom art... | 04/17/2012 |
