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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8330113 | Collimator, radiological imaging apparatus and nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus A collimator, a radiological imaging apparatus and a nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus which are able to improve the sensitivity are provided. The radiological imaging apparatus has a collimator 11 disposed to oppose a radiological detection device 12 | 12/11/2012 |
| 8242453 | Imaging system for nuclear medicine A imaging system for acquiring an image of a subject comprising a gantry (810) having a plurality of detection modules (812). Each detection module comprising a radiation detector and a collimator adjacent a radiation receiving face of the detector. Th... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8232528 | Nuclear medical diagnostic device By simultaneously administering a chemical using a nuclear species releasing a single photon (a first chemical) and another chemical using a nuclear species releasing a positron to a subject, the cumulative distributions of the respective chemicals are monitored. A ... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8193508 | Detecting photons in the presence of a pulsed radiation beam A detector system adapted for monitoring a radiation treatment system comprising a pulsed beam radiation source for treating a body with a given beam intensity and beam configuration, with pulse times and intervals between pulses less than 100 milliseconds, using at... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8178845 | Collimator and related methods A collimator and related methods are shown and described. The collimator can be a multi-divergent-beam collimator having a plurality of inverted, ordered sections of a cone-beam collimator reassembled in a substantially reversed order relative to the ordering of the... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8164064 | Localization of a radioactive source within a body of a subject A computerized system for locating a device including a sensor module and a processor. A radioactive source, associated with the device, produces a signal in the form of radioactive disintegrations. The sensor module includes a radiation detector capable of receivin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8071950 | Methods and systems of combining magnetic resonance and nuclear imaging A multi-modality imaging system for imaging of an object under study, e.g., a whole body or parts of the body of animals such as humans, other primates, swine, dogs, rodents (especially mice and rats), that includes a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and a cadmi... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067741 | Focused pinhole gamma detection device The invention provides a gamma detection device, a collimator for use therein, and use of such a collimator or device in imaging an object. The invention is directed to pinhole imaging with high energy photons, such as 511 keV photons. In order to achieve sufficient... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8049176 | Method and apparatus for real time imaging and monitoring of radiotherapy beams A method and apparatus for real time imaging and monitoring of radiation therapy beams is designed to preferentially distinguish and image low energy radiation from high energy secondary radiation emitted from a target as the result of therapeutic beam deposition. A... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7999235 | Nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus A nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus comprising a mechanical collimator for effecting passage in a given direction of photons with given energy emitted from an object injected or dosed with a drug containing a radioactive isotope; a former-stage detector for detec... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7989771 | Pinhole SPECT camera with plural detector heads An imaging system (10) includes at least one radiation detector unit (16) disposed adjacent a field of view (20) to detect and measure radiation from the field of view (20). The detector unit (16) includes multiple detection module... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7952076 | Radiation imaging system and nuclear medicine diagnosis instrument therefor A radiation imaging system is configured by a collimator 30A including a detector 21 with a discrete detection pixel corresponding with a pixel and a plurality of radiation passages 31 and looks into a plurality of detectors 21 through on... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7943906 | High spatial resolution X-ray and gamma ray imaging system using diffraction crystals A method and a device for high spatial resolution imaging of a plurality of sources of x-ray and gamma-ray radiation are provided. The device comprises a plurality of arrays, with each array comprising a plurality of elements comprising a first collimator, a diffrac... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7829856 | Apparatus and methods for determining a system matrix for pinhole collimator imaging systems Apparatus and methods for determining a system matrix for pinhole collimator imaging systems are provided. One method includes using a closed form expression to determine a penetration term for a collimator of the medical imaging system and determining a point sprea... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7759648 | Magnetically retained interchangeable collimators for scintillation cameras A grid suitable for being positioned and held in relation to a detector has positive positioning means and at least one magnet for holding the grid. ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7723690 | Adjustable slit collimators method and system Embodiments relate to a slit collimator assembly including a first set of panels spaced at least partially around a longitudinal axis of the collimator assembly and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. The slit collimator assembly further includes ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7692154 | Lightweight quartic-shaped collimator for collecting high energy gamma rays A collimator incorporating shielding shaped according to the formula L 0 2 = y 2 + ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7683333 | Detector for nuclear medicine A radiation imaging device suitable for SPECT or other nuclear imaging includes a detector (22) which receives radiation. A fan beam-slit collimator (20) is positioned adjacent a radiation receiving face (32) of the detector, intermediate the de... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7671340 | Adjustable-focal-length collimators method and system Embodiments relate to an imaging system that includes a collimator assembly having one or more pinhole apertures therein. The imaging system is configured so that one or more of the pinhole apertures has an adjustable focal length. The imaging system further include... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7663111 | Variable collimation in radiation detection Apparatus for detecting radiation emitted from a number of volume elements of a body. The apparatus includes a first plurality of detector elements, each detector element being configured to output signals indicative of an intensity of radiation that is incident the... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7629586 | Methods and systems of combining magnetic resonance and nuclear imaging A multi-modality imaging system for imaging of an object under study, e.g., a whole body or parts of the body of animals such as humans, other primates, swine, dogs, rodents (especially mice and rats), that includes a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and a cadmi... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7612343 | Collimator for radiation detectors and method of use A device and method for acquiring Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) data. In particular, a method of acquiring data using a gamma camera detector with a collimator, such as a slotted, inverse fan beam collimator, for example. An example collimator t... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7592597 | Method and apparatus for imaging with imaging detectors having small fields of view An apparatus for imaging a structure of interest comprises a plurality of imaging detectors mounted on a gantry. Each of the plurality of imaging detectors has a field of view (FOV), is independently movable with respect to each other, and is positioned to image a s... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7579600 | Preclinical SPECT system using multi-pinhole collimation A preclinical nuclear imaging detector system, including a gantry and one or more detector assemblies, each including a scintillator configured to interact with radiation emanating from a target test object being imaged and at least one pinhole collimator, having on... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7535008 | Radiation imaging system and nuclear medicine diagnosis instrument therefor A radiation imaging system is configured by a collimator 30A including a detector 21 with a discrete detection pixel corresponding with a pixel and a plurality of radiation passages 31 and looks into a plurality of detectors 21 through on... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7498582 | Adjustable focal length pinhole collimator A pinhole collimator is provided that eliminates or at least minimizes the need for collimator exchange, to manage system sensitivity versus spatial resolution tradeoff, and to control imaging FOV (field of view) depending on object size by controlling the focal len... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7491941 | Scanning focal point apparatus A collimator, and in particular a method for making a collimator for use with a small high resolution single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging tool for small animal research. The collimator is sized, both functionally and structurally, particularl... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7485867 | Exposure system and hole array A reading light exposure system scans an image recording medium with a reading light beam. The reading light exposure system includes a line source emitting the reading light beam, an optical means which converges the reading light beam emitted from the line source ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7470907 | Cross-slit collimator method and system Collimator assemblies that include an outer slit collimator having one or more slits therein, and an inner slit collimator having one or more slits therein are provided. Imaging systems that include a collimator assembly and a detector array are also provided. The c... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7470906 | Adaptive collimator for nuclear medicine and imaging Method and apparatus for varying the hole length of a parallel hole collimator, provides a variably configurable compound collimator for use in nuclear imaging. The collimator has a plurality of substantially parallel oriented collimator cores configured for transit... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7442937 | Radiation imaging apparatus and nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus using the same Disclosed herein is a radiation imaging apparatus and radiation-imaging-apparatus-based nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus having a collimator in which a plurality of rectangular through-holes are arranged in a grid pattern and separated by septa is rotated throug... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439514 | Adjustable pinhole collimators method and system Embodiments relate to pinhole collimator assemblies having one or more adjustable size pinhole apertures therein. The pinhole collimator assembly is configured so that gamma rays can pass through the collimator assembly, but the remainder of the collimator assembly ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7394072 | Gamma camera calibration and diagnosis using pulse injection A quality control system and method are provided for troubleshooting and performance testing of detectors in a Gamma camera that includes a field programmable gate array for forming digital words to be converted to a pulse, a test pattern generator for storing the d... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388207 | Skew slit collimator and method of use thereof A skew slit collimator for a gamma ray imaging device and a method of configuring the skew slit collimator for a gamma ray imaging device is disclosed. The gamma ray imaging device includes a detector having a generally planar detector surface. The detector surface ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385200 | Re-binning method for nuclear medicine imaging devices A generalized rebinning method transforms SPECT projection data acquired with a first type of collimator into projection data as if it were acquired with a second type of collimator, for subsequent reconstruction using a 3-D algorithm devised for the second type of ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375338 | Swappable collimators method and system Embodiments include an imaging system that includes a collimator support base and a detector assembly. The collimator support base is configured to interchangeably accept a slit aperture collimator and a pinhole aperture collimator. The slit aperture collimator has ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368721 | Imaging devices and methods employing masks with a non-uniform grid of pinhole apertures In some preferred embodiments, an apparatus is provided that facilitates correction, such as, e.g., linearity correction, in imaging devices, such as, e.g., scintillation cameras. In preferred embodiments, a mask is implemented that can produce images for locating t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368720 | Collimators for an array of radioactive lines for use on a spect system for non-uniform attenuation correction measurements According to the present invention, an improved source collimator for use in nuclear medicine imaging is provided. The improved source collimator utilizes a larger collimation angle than has previously been used in the art. The use of the larger collimation angle fo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356125 | Arrangement for collimating electromagnetic radiation The invention relates to an arrangement for collimating electromagnetic radiation, comprising a macrocollimator which has at least two cutouts, and microcollimator structures which are positioned in the cutouts of the macrocollimator and have lamellae that absorb el... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7345282 | Collimator with variable focusing and direction of view for nuclear medicine imaging According to the present invention, a novel slat collimator for use in nuclear medicine imaging is provided. The slat collimator comprises a first layer comprising a plurality of spaced apart elongated slats and a second layer comprising a plurality of spaced apart ... | 03/18/2008 |
