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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082023 | Tissue interventions using nuclear-emission image guidance A method and apparatus for marking a lesion in a body part is provided. The method includes the steps of obtaining a first nuclear-emission image of the body part; determining a position of the lesion from the first image; percutaneously introducing a cannula to the... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8068896 | Detection of radiation labeled sites using a radiation detection probe or camera incorporating a solid state photo-multiplier Intraoperative radiation detection probes and cameras for use in surgical or transcutaneous procedures or procedures incorporating probes inserted through body orifices to aid in the location, detection and removal of radiation labeled cells, abnormal tissue or depo... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055329 | Ingestible device for radioimaging of the gastrointestinal tract An ingestible device, adapted to travel in the gastrointestinal tract and perform a diagnostic image of tissue therein, is provided. The diagnostic image may comprise diagnostic information as a function of time, or diagnostic information as a function of distance t... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8036731 | Ingestible pill for diagnosing a gastrointestinal tract An ingestible device, adapted to travel in the gastrointestinal tract and perform a diagnostic image of tissue therein, is provided. The diagnostic image may comprise diagnostic information as a function of time, or diagnostic information as a function of distance t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8000773 | Radioimaging A method of imaging, including receiving radioactive radiation from a body; reconstructing a 3D SPECT image of a distribution of radiation in at least one voxel of said body; and reconstructing a dynamic change in radiation in said voxel, as an updated image, at a r... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7983735 | Simulation of nuclear medical imaging A nuclear medicine imaging simulator system is provided for simulating nuclear imaging of a target within a phantom using a selected pharmacokinetic model. The system includes a processor assembly having at least one processor receiving a digital phantom model and a... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970455 | Ingestible device platform for the colon An ingestible pill platform for colon imaging is provided, designed to recognize its entry to the colon and expand in the colon, for improved imaging of the colon walls. On approaching the external anal sphincter muscle, the ingestible pill may contract or deform, f... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7912533 | Method for determination of positron-emission measurement information about a body area of an examination object, as well as an associated apparatus A method is disclosed for determination of positron-emission measurement information about a body area which is affected by at least one periodic movement process of an examination object during the course of positron-emission tomography. In at least one embodiment,... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894881 | Imaging probe The design of a compact, handheld, solid-state and high-sensitivity imaging probe and a micro imager system is reported. These instruments can be used as a dedicated tool for detecting and locating sentinel lymph nodes and also for detecting and imaging radioactive ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7881775 | Radio guided seed localization of imaged lesions A method of removing lesions by implanting a radioactive seed at the location of the lesion, locating the lesion with the radioactive seed, and removing the lesion with the radioactive seed. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873405 | Automated detection of Alzheimer's disease by statistical analysis with positron emission tomography images A method for detecting Alzheimer's disease using positron emission tomography. A normal population mean is obtained using PET. The normal population mean is obtained through the assimilation of a number of normal brain scans. Non-AD images and AD images are compared... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7853314 | Methods and apparatus for improving image quality A method for retrospectively correcting data prior to image reconstruction using an imaging system, wherein the method includes acquiring a first sinogram of a first slice of an object at a first axial field of view and a second sinogram of the first slice of the ob... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7826889 | Radioactive emission detector equipped with a position tracking system and utilization thereof with medical systems and in medical procedures a system for calculating a position of a radioactivity emitting source in a system-of-coordinates, the system comprising (a) a radioactive emission detector; (b) a position tracking system being connected to and/or communicating with the radioactive emission detecto... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818047 | X-ray and gamma ray detector readout system A readout electronics scheme is under development for high resolution, compact PET (positron emission tomography) imagers based on LSO (lutetium ortho-oxysilicate, Lu2SiO5) scintillator and avalanche photodiode (APD) arrays. The key is to obtai... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809428 | Devices for detection and therapy of atheromatous plaque The present invention relates to devices for detection of active atheromatous plaque and/or thin-capped fibro-atheroma (“vulnerable plaque”) using selectively targeted radiolabeled compositions, such as beta-emitting compositions. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7787937 | Methods, systems, and associated implantable devices for detecting radiation in patients undergoing treatment for cancer Methods and systems for evaluating external beam radiation therapy delivered to a subject include: (a) placing at least one wireless implantable sensor in a first subject at a target location; (b) administering a first dose of radiation therapy into the first subjec... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7778692 | Methods, systems, and associated implantable devices for detecting radiation in patients undergoing treatment for cancer Methods and systems for evaluating external beam radiation therapy delivered to a subject include: (a) placing at least one wireless implantable sensor in a first subject at a target location; (b) administering a first dose of radiation therapy into the first subjec... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769431 | Methods, systems, and associated implantable devices for detecting radiation in patients undergoing treatment for cancer Methods and systems for evaluating external beam radiation therapy delivered to a subject include: (a) placing at least one wireless implantable sensor in a first subject at a target location; (b) administering a first dose of radiation therapy into tile first subje... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7756568 | Methods, systems, and associated implantable devices for dynamic monitoring of physiological and biological properties of tumors Biocompatible sensors configured for implantation include a first body in communication with a plurality of remote sensor bodies to detect physiological parameters in vivo. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7720524 | Method, apparatus, and system for detecting disease states in a living body using a gamma ray counter A method and system of detecting a disease state in a targeted organ is described using nuclear medicine techniques. In preferred embodiments, a radiotracer with specific uptake for diseased portions of the targeted organ is administered to a patient. A gamma ray co... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711409 | Opposed view and dual head detector apparatus for diagnosis and biopsy with image processing methods The invention relates generally to biopsy needle guidance which employs an x-ray/gamma image spatial co-registration methodology. A gamma camera is configured to mount on a biopsy needle gun platform to obtain a gamma image. More particular, the spatially co-registe... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7672712 | Internal marker device for identification of biological substances A device for visualizing structure located on the interior of a biological substance. The device includes a marker member that may be a solid cylinder or lumen having an interior volume having a distal end removably insertable in the biological substance relative to... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7653427 | Method and instrument for minimally invasive sentinel lymph node location and biopsy The present invention is directed to instruments and instrumental techniques for locating cancer cells in lymph nodes which utilize a radiation detector operatively connected to an ultrasound probe for locating the exact position of radiation tagged tissue, particul... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7526331 | Enhanced cardiac radionuclide imaging techniques A cardiac imaging technique comprises (a) introducing a sufficient quantity of a not highly attenuating gas into the stomach of a patient to distend the stomach wall of the patient; and (b) while the stomach wall of the patient is distended, performing radionuclide ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7486984 | System and method for monochromatic x-ray beam therapy In embodiments of the invention, a radiosensitizer or other agent is relatively uniformly accumulated in the cells of a tumor. An external monochromatic x-ray beam, which is tuned to a predetermined energy level associated with k-edge effects in the agent, is then d... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7477930 | Radiation emission control method, apparatus and program A radiation emission control method, apparatus and the program capable of detecting respiratory phases of a test subject with constant accuracy and emitting radiation rays to the test subject in synchronization with an intended respiratory phase, while minimizing th... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7467008 | Ectography multimodality imaging system for diagnosis and treatment A system and method of integrating a nuclear medicine imaging device such as a gamma camera with a patient handling system where the nuclear medicine imaging system does not prevent full access to the patient and does not interfere with the field of view of accompan... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7440790 | Method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac activity A method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac activity starting from a series of images of the heart made by X-rays. Attenuation of the X-rays is sampled on an area subject to repetitive thickenings of at least one wall of the heart, and a repetitive attenuation sig... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7412280 | Systems and methods for analyzing an abnormality of an object In one embodiment, a method for analyzing at least one abnormality of an object is described. The method includes obtaining a first image containing an abnormality using a first modality, obtaining a second image containing the abnormality using a second modality, s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409240 | System and method for imaging myocardial infarction One aspect of the present invention relates to imaging a patient to determine whether he or she has suffered a myocardial infarction. According to this method, a patient is injected with a bolus having a radioactive tracer. A representative cycle is produced for bot... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394920 | Automated computer-implemented method and system for reorienting emission computer tomographic myocardial perfusion images An automated computer-implemented method for reorienting ECT myocardial perfusion images of a heart LV. The method includes receiving variously oriented tomographic images; receiving LV long-axis, LV center and LV axial limits based on the images; receiving the endo... | 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 |
| 7373197 | Methods and devices to expand applications of intraoperative radiation probes Labeling, such as with radio pharmaceuticals, fluorescence emitting compounds or other probe detectable materials, of diseased or malfunctioning candidate cells for subsequent treatment with a medicinal compound, the identification in situ of the candidate cells usi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362845 | Method and apparatus of global de-noising for cone beam and fan beam CT imaging Raw cone beam tomography projection image data are taken from an object and are denoised by a wavelet domain denoising technique and at least one other denoising technique such as a digital reconstruction filter. The denoised projection image data are then reconstru... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358654 | Piezoelectric switch A piezoelectric switch includes a piezoelectric element which is electrically connected to a printed circuit board by a pair of wires. A unitary plastic carrier is designed to retain both the piezoelectric element and the printed circuit board fixedly mounted thereo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359747 | Intravascular imaging detector An apparatus for intravascular imaging to detect and characterize early stage, unstable coronary arty plaques. The detector works by identifying and localizing plaque-binding beta-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7346381 | Method and apparatus for medical intervention procedure planning An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning includes a medical scanner system for generating a volume of cardiac image data, a data acquisition system for acquiring the volume of cardiac image data, an image generation system for generating ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333673 | Method and apparatus for image detail enhancement without zigzagged edge artifact A method and system for detecting slant edge areas in an image comprising a plurality of pixels, and for preventing zigzagged slant edge artifacts in an image detail enhancement process. Image pixels that belong to a slant image edge are detected and gain suppressio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333841 | Method and device for calculating a biological component density of a subject A method for calculating a biological component density of this invention comprises steps of irradiating a light of NIR spectrum to a skin of a subject, receiving the light of NIR reflected from the skin to obtain NIR spectrum data thereof, and substituting the NIR ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328058 | Intravascular imaging detector An apparatus for intravascular imaging to detect and characterize early-stage, unstable coronary arty plaques. The detector works by identifying and localizing plaque-binding beta-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. ... | 02/05/2008 |
