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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7920912 | System and method for triggering a device based on an electrocardiogram signal A system and method for triggering an external device in response to an electrocardiogram signal. In one embodiment the method includes determining a peak in the electrocardiogram signal, determining if the electrocardiogram signal is rising or falling at the peak i... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7881774 | Apparatus for obtaining ultrasonic image and method of obtaining ultrasonic image A transmitting/receiving circuit drives an ultrasonic probe in accordance with a trigger signal based on an electrocardiographic waveform under the control of a control device so as to scan a plurality of regions, and obtains scan data for each region. During the sc... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7826888 | Dynamic radiographic image obtaining method and apparatus A method and apparatus for obtaining a dynamic radiographic image with enhanced resolution, in which an electrocardiogram of a subject is obtained, and five time phases are allocated to each cardiac beat period (1 second). The initial X-ray irradiation is performed ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822467 | Method for producing CT images of a cyclically moving object to be examined A method is for producing CT images of at least one second organ cyclically excited to move by a first organ moving on its own, or examination area with rest phases and activity phases of a patient. The second organ or the examination area is scanned, preferably spi... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818046 | Medical imaging method and an associated apparatus In the course of an imaging method that is particularly suitable for creating an image data record of the heart and/or the blood vessels of a patient, a series of recording pulses, tuned to the cardiac rhythm, are derived from an ECG signal of the cardiac rhythm of ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7769430 | Patient visual instruction techniques for synchronizing breathing with a medical procedure A method of prompting a patient includes informing a patient a relationship between a result of an activity being performed by the patient and a first target result to be achieved by the activity. A method of prompting a patient includes informing a patient a relati... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747313 | Method for acquiring dynamic magnetic resonance signals for tomography In a method for acquiring dynamically varying magnetic resonance signals, a respiration cycle of a patient is monitored in a learning phase. Acquisition of varying signals ensues with the highest possible temporal resolution in an initial phase with a breath-hold by... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7729746 | Three-dimensional co-registration between intravascular and angiographic data A method and appertaining system permit a co-registration between points in a three-dimensional model of a vessel and vascular images obtained by an imaging catheter within the vessel at the respective points. The three-dimensional model is created by utilizing info... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7697974 | Methods and apparatus for analysis of angiographic and other cyclical images A method for analyzing stored frames of time-stamped imaging data and time-stamped physiologic data obtained during a study of a patient during a plurality of cardiac cycles. The imaging data includes frames representative of a succession of images of the patient's ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7668585 | Respiration monitor for computed tomography A medical diagnostic imaging system (10) includes a diagnostic imaging scanner (12) that acquires imaging data of a medical imaging patient. A reconstruction processor (46) reconstructs at least a portion of the acquired imaging data into an ima... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7647088 | Reconstruction method for images of the beating heart Projection views of the moving heart and stationary background tissues are acquired and processed to provide corresponding moving tissue projection views. An average image is reconstructed in a conventional manner and a moving tissue image is reconstructed using a h... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7620444 | Systems and methods for improving usability of images for medical applications A method for retrospective internal gating is provided. The method includes scanning a patient to obtain projection data, generating images from the projection data, generating a signal representing information regarding a physiological cycle of an object within the... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620443 | X-ray CT imaging method and X-ray CT device An X-ray CT apparatus can be configured such that an amount of artifacts of a tomographic image of a heart is reduced. For example, the X-ray CT apparatus can include detecting means for detecting a static cardiac time phase with a small amount of motion artifacts i... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7477928 | Method and system for associating an EKG waveform with a CT image A method for associating EKG waveform data with computed tomography image data using a data synchronization scheme including generating the EKG waveform data using an electrocardiogram device, operating a computed tomography imaging system so as to create the comput... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7474913 | Method for medical imaging A method for medical imaging is provided, wherein a current position of a medical instrument inserted into a moving examination area of a patient is displayed. The medical instrument is displayed within a reconstructed three-dimensional image of the moving examinati... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7467007 | Respiratory gated image fusion of computed tomography 3D images and live fluoroscopy images A system and method is provided directed to improved real-time image guidance by uniquely combining the capabilities of two well-known imaging modalities, anatomical 3D data from computer tomography (CT) and real time data from live fluoroscopy images provided by an... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7423429 | Apparatus and associated method that integrate the modalities of diagnosis and therapy to treat, in principle, pathologies generically identified as Cancer and HIV/AIDS Diagnostic and Therapy apparatus and methods use non-ionizing radiations which are based on integration of nuclear magnetic resonance and radiation manipulation. Quantitative diagnostics integrate the following devices: manual control digital filter/selector (18 | 09/09/2008 |
| 7393329 | Method and apparatus for delivering radiation therapy during suspended ventilation Methods and apparatus for delivering radiation therapy to patients during suspended ventilation are provided. The apparatus includes a ventilator assembly having first and second selectively operable valves that independently control inhalation and exhalation of the... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392078 | Radiation imaging apparatus Obtainment of a present image, in which the arrangement of structural elements of a subject within the image approximates that of a past image of the same subject, and which is suitable for a temporal subtraction process, is enabled. A plurality of preliminary image... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386339 | Medical imaging and navigation system Medical imaging and navigation system including a processor, a display unit, a database, a medical positioning system (MPS), a two-dimensional imaging system, an inspected organ monitor interface, and a superimposing processor, the MPS including a transducer MPS sen... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379532 | ECG-based rotational angiography for cardiology A C-arm X-ray system includes synchronized ECG gating for enhanced cardiac soft-tissue imaging. The system includes an X-ray source disposed on a C-arm for rotation in a circular path about a patient and configured to release X-ray radiation synchronously with an EC... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376214 | Method and apparatus to image an organ A method is provided to image an organ of the human or animal body using and acquisition device rotating over an angle, in that the rotation speed of the rotating acquisition device is modulated dependent on a reference signal that represents a current movement stat... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369639 | Method and tomography unit for taking tomographic pictures of a beating heart A method and a tomography unit are disclosed for taking tomographic pictures of a patient's beating heart, in particular X-ray CT pictures. In such a method and tomography unit, only detector data or image data of a portion of the cardiac phase from one or more hear... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367955 | Combined laser spirometer motion tracking system for radiotherapy An improved non-invasive respiration monitor combines signals from a spirometer and laser chest displacement sensor to reduce signal error. The improved respirations signal can be used for position correction in radiation therapy and imaging applications and can be ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369887 | Rapid multislice black blood double-inversion recovery technique for blood vessel imaging DIR imaging of blood vessels by administering a series of DIR preparation pulse modules at a repetition interval short enough that at least two DIR preparation pulse modules generally occur within each RR interval, and by acquiring image data for a plurality of slic... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356112 | Computed tomography scanning Artifacts in the reconstructed volume data of cone beam CT systems can be removed by the application of respiration correlation techniques to the acquired projection images. To achieve this, the phase of the patients breathing is monitored while acquiring projection... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346383 | Method for acquiring MRI data from variable fields of view during continuous table motion MRA data is acquired from a large region of interest by translating the patient through the bore of the MRI system as a three-dimensional MRA data set are acquired. The pulse sequence is altered during the scan to change the lateral FOVL of the acquired i... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343196 | Cardiac CT system and method for planning and treatment of biventricular pacing using epicardial lead A method for planning biventricular pacing lead placement for a patient includes obtaining acquisition data from a medical imaging system and generating a 3D model of the left ventricle and thoracic wall of the patient. One or more left ventricle anatomical landmark... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339341 | Surgical camera robot The present invention is a miniature camera robot which can be placed entirely within an open space such as an abdominal cavity. The instant camera robot has pan and tilt capabilities, an adjustable focus camera, and a support component for supporting the robot body... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329873 | Coincidence counting method of γ ray and nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus A γ-ray signal processing section 60′ determines a detection time of a γ ray based on a γ-ray detection signal outputted from a semiconductor radiation detector for detecting the γ ray, and determines the energy of the γ ray. Then, a time correction ci... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327872 | Method and system for registering 3D models of anatomical regions with projection images of the same An imaging system for use in a medical intervention procedure is disclosed. A first image acquisition system of a first modality employing a catheter at an anatomical region of a patient is configured to produce a first image of the anatomical region using fluorosco... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315605 | Method and device for reconstructing a 3D image data set of a moving object The invention relates to a method and device for reconstructing a 3D image data set of a moving object from a set of projection images, which were recorded at least partially one after the other from different projection directions. The projection images are hereby ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313215 | Step-and-shoot cardiac CT imaging The present invention is directed to a method and system of controlling rotation of a gantry to rotate at a rotational speed such that a desired relationship between center projection angles of neighboring partial scans is maintained. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313213 | Step-and-shoot cardiac CT imaging A CT imaging system has a rotatable gantry, a table movable fore and aft through an opening defined within the rotatable gantry, and a controller that incrementally moves a subject disposed on the table through a number of discrete data acquisition positions for the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313219 | Radiation image pick-up device, radiation image pick-up method and program To provide a radiation image pick-up device capable of obtaining a plurality of tomography images through single-time image pick-up, a radiation image pick-up method and a program. When a position controller moves an X-ray source to an optional tomography pla... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313430 | Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery A stereotactic navigation system for navigating an instrument to a target within a patient may include a stereotactic head frame, an imaging device, a tracking device, a controller and a display. The stereotactic head frame is coupled to the patient and is used to a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313216 | Scan control method and X-ray CT apparatus A scan control method for an X-ray CT apparatus wherein a subject with a contrast agent injected therein is helically scanned with an X-ray beam and image reconstruction is performed based on projection data obtained through an X-ray detector. The method includes co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308299 | Method, apparatus and product for acquiring cardiac images A method for acquiring a cardiac image from a patient having a paced heart rhythm, an abnormal EKG, or an irregular heartbeat, is disclosed. A gated electrocardiogram signal having local maxima and minima values and trigger points is received. For a period of time, ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304277 | Resonator with adjustable capacitor for medical device An apparatus, system and method of a resonator device with an adjustable capacitor for allowing the resonance frequency (F) of the resonator device to continue to be matched to the Larmor frequency of the MRI system. The resonator device includes an inductor coil, a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292717 | Computer tomography method using redundant measured values The invention relates to a computer tomography method in which a radiation source moves relative to an examination region along, in particular, a helical or circular trajectory. Measured values are acquired by a detector unit and a CT image of the examination region... | 11/06/2007 |
