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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106373 | Apparatus for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates An apparatus (10) for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates with an input unit, (12) for inputting a plurality of cassettes (14, 28, 32) which can be stacked one behind the other in a direction of stacking (S) within th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7947970 | Radiation detector A radiation detector is constituted by: a recording photoconductive layer; and electrodes provided on both sides of the photoconductive layer. Electric charges, which are generated within the recording photoconductive layer when radiation is irradiated thereon while... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7868309 | Radiation detecting system In a radiation detecting system including a first electrode which is imparted with a positive bias and permeable to a recording electromagnetic wave carrying thereon image information, a recording photoconductive layer which generates electric charges in response to... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7847277 | Radiation image capturing system A transceiver of a radiation detecting cassette sends cassette ID information stored in a cassette ID memory to a transceiver of a console via a transceiver of an image capturing apparatus by way of wireless communications. An ID determining unit determines whether ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7804081 | Radiation conversion panel, and apparatus for and method of reading radiation image information from radiation conversion panel A radiation conversion panel allows recorded radiation image information to be read therefrom with high accuracy while reliably avoiding adverse effects of residual past radiation image information that remains in the radiation conversion panel. When a radiation con... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7745806 | Solid-state radiation image detector A solid-state radiation detector with increased pixel density. The solid-state radiation detector includes multitudes of linear signal wires for detecting recorded image information as image signals, and a signal detection means disposed on an opposing side of the d... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737427 | Radiation image capturing system A signal detector detects signals transmitted from signal generators disposed in a radiation detecting cassette, and a distance calculator calculates the distance between a radiation source and a radiation detector based on the signals detected by the signal detecto... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7687792 | X-ray light valve based digital radiographic imaging systems The present invention provides a digital x-ray radiographic imaging system. The system is based on a photoconductive detector and an electro-optic light modulator, where the photoconductive detector layer absorbs x-rays that have passed through an object to form an ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7659533 | Radiographic imaging control apparatus and method for controlling the same A radiographic imaging control apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a radiographic image from a sensor that detects radiant ray, and a control unit configured to cause a radiant ray generation apparatus to decrease the flux of radiant ray from a pred... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7633077 | Apparatus and method for capturing a radiation image A direction determination processor outputs imaging direction information representing the direction of an electronic cassette with respect to a subject during imaging of the subject. An image direction judging unit generates image direction information representing... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7576349 | Radiation image readout apparatus A radiation readout apparatus includes: a concave mirror defining a central optical axis; a refractive lens assembly spaced from the concave mirror and symmetrical with the optical axis; an optical assembly which is optically coupled to the refractive lens assembly;... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573056 | Scintillator panel A scintillator panel comprising: a scintillator sheet comprising a substrate having thereon a phosphor layer produced with a vacuum evaporation method; and a protective film covering the scintillator panel, wherein the protective film comprises a light absorbing lay... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7541605 | Radiation image information detecting panel A laminate comprises a stimulable phosphor layer, which is capable of storing radiation image information, and which is capable of emitting light of an intensity proportional to the radiation image information when being exposed to secondary stimulating rays, a resp... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7525115 | Arrangement for inspecting objects, especially masks in microlithography Apparatus for inspecting objects especially masks in microlithography that are disposed in a vacuum chamber. The apparatus includes a converter for converting illuminating radiation emitted from the object into a radiation of a higher wavelength. A sensor for record... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7491960 | Radiographic apparatus and control method therefor If image data is input to an image processor (step S1), the image processor generates an integrated image sum (step S2). The image processor extracts a maximum output max from the integrated image sum (step S3). The image processor compares the ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7488966 | Radiation detector and method for producing photoconductive layer for recording thereof In a radiation detector, electrodes are provided on both sides of a photoconductive layer for recording. When the photoconductive layer for recording is irradiated with radiation during application of a predetermined bias voltage between the electrodes, electric cha... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7446330 | Phosphor panel A phosphor panel is composed of a phosphor layer consisting essentially of phosphor in the form of columnar crystals and a protective layer provided on the phosphor layer via an adhesive layer, in which the adhesive layer has a thickness of 0.3 μm or more and intru... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7429746 | Medical image recording apparatus and medical radiography cassette A medical image recording apparatus comprising: a recording medium to record an X-ray image transmitted through a subject; and an anti-scattering member for X-rays transmitted through the recording medium or an X-ray absorbing member for the X-rays transmitted throu... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7420197 | Radiation image detection method and system A radiation image detector includes an up-conversion phosphor layer for emitting fluorescence by irradiation with infrared light, a first electrode layer for transmitting the infrared light, the fluorescence and radiation carrying a radiation image, a photoconductiv... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414256 | Image detection and readout apparatus having multiple readout regions An image detection and readout apparatus constituted by a solid state detector constructed to generate electrical currents according to the electrostatic latent image when scanned by readout light, a surface light source for scanning the solid state radiation detect... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7397037 | Radiation image photographing apparatus A radiation image photographing apparatus configured to detect radiation includes a radiation detecting panel configured to convert received radiation into an electrical signal, and a support substrate configured to support the radiation detecting panel. In addition... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7372942 | Medical imaging system with dosimetry for estimating circuit board life A dosimeter is provided on or adjacent to a circuit board deployed in a radiation environment. The dosimeter may be read or output a value or values indicating radiation dosage over a period of time. The radiation dosage associated with the circuit board may be used... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368746 | Phosphor panel A first radiation image storage panel comprises a stimulable phosphor layer, and a transparent protective film, which comprises at least one layer of a water vapor proof film, the water vapor proof film comprising a base material film and a transparent inorganic lay... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368724 | Imaging method and apparatus with exposure control According to a radiation imaging apparatus, any separate AEC sensor need not be prepared. Additionally, the apparatus main body can be made compact. To accomplish this, the radiation imaging apparatus has a first optical conversion element that converts incident rad... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365337 | Radiographic image detection device and radiographic imaging system A radiographic imaging system includes: a plurality of states of operation, a radiographic image detection device that detects irradiated radiation to obtain radiographic image information, a console capable of communicating with the radiographic image detection dev... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358518 | Radiation image detector and radiation image detecting system A radiation image detector comprises a first electrode layer, a recording photo-conductor layer, a reading charge-transportable photo-conductor layer, and a second electrode layer. The reading charge-transportable photo-conductor layer generates electric charges whe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351979 | Planar image detector In a planar radiation image detector with a number of photosensor elements arranged like a matrix, the photosensor elements being activated via at least one associated switching element and each exhibiting at least one storage element with a predetermined capacity, ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348588 | Apparatus and process for retrieving information projected image-wise on a reusable storage film and erasing and restoring the storage film for subsequent reuse These and other objects of the present invention are achieved by an apparatus and process for evaluating an image-wise exposed storage film positioned about a cylindrically-shaped member and linearly passed a cylindrically-shaped slot for interrogation by a light be... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349523 | Radiation isocenter measurement devices and methods and 3-D radiation isocenter visualization systems and related methods A three-dimensional phantom assembly for use with a radiation treatment device includes a three-dimensional support member having at least two, spaced apart opposed surfaces configured to hold at least one generally planar radiation sensitive dosimeter sheet such th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342998 | X-ray detector quick-connect connection system An x-ray system quick-connect connection is disclosed to allow an end-user to de-couple a portable x-ray detector from an x-ray scanner/host. The quick-connect connection is accessible by the end-user without removal of a service panel that exposes an interior servi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343000 | Imaging apparatus and imaging system An X-ray image radiographing system according to the present invention comprises an X-ray generator, a detection unit, a correction unit for performing a correction processing for the data outputted from the detection unit, and an output unit such as a monitor for o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338168 | Particle analyzing system and methodology An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system contains a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable ch... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335904 | Process for read-out of radiation image A process for reading a radiation image out of a radiation image storage panel which has a phosphor layer comprising columnar crystals of europium activated cesium halide stimulable phosphor in which a radiation image is recorded, is performed by the steps of: expos... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335905 | Radiation image information reading apparatus with radiation conversion panel, and method of correcting sensitivity of radiation conversion panel Corrective image data obtained by reading a stimulable phosphor sheet which is uniformly irradiated with a radiation are masked, and added and averaged into reference data. The ratio between the reference data and the corrective image data is generated as sensitivit... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326949 | Phosphor panel A radiation image storage panel is composed of a phosphor layer formed by a gas phase-accumulation method and a transparent protective film glued thereon via an adhesive layer, in which the adhesive layer is made of a resin material having Tg of higher than 35° C. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326935 | Planar image detector A planar image detector with a number of photosensor elements arranged like a matrix, the photosensor elements being activated by at least one associated switching element and respectively exhibiting at least one memory element with a predetermined capacity. A prede... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319234 | Method and apparatus for correcting radiographic images Structural noise is accurately removed by a radiographic image correcting apparatus. A correction image data set, generated from a reference image data set obtained from a stimulable phosphor sheet onto which radiation has been uniformly irradiated, that includes at... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317189 | X-ray CT apparatus, radiation detector and method for reading out electric signals of a radiation detector An X-ray CT apparatus 20 comprises an X-ray generating unit 22 and a radiation detector 23. The radiation detector 23 includes a plurality of detecting elements put in two-dimensional positions and separated into a plurality of readout bl... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315031 | Radiation image storage panel A first radiation image storage panel comprises a stimulable phosphor layer, and a transparent protective film, which comprises at least one layer of a water vapor proof film, the water vapor proof film comprising a base material film and a transparent inorganic lay... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315040 | Device for reading out X-ray information stored in a phosphor plate An X-ray reading device, for reading out X-ray information stored in a phosphor plate, includes an insertion device into which a cassette in which the phosphor plate is located, can be inserted, and an oblong insertion opening through which the phosphor plate locate... | 01/01/2008 |
