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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106374 | Radiation image capturing system, radiation image capturing method, and program A radiation image capturing system includes a first image capturing apparatus incorporating a radiation detector for detecting a radiation which has passed through a subject and converting the radiation into radiation image information, a second image capturing appa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7939814 | Radiographic image detector A radiographic image detector includes: a bias electrode transmitting a recording electromagnetic wave carrying image information; a recording photoconductive layer consisting primarily of a-Se, the recording photoconductive layer generating electric charges when ex... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7825393 | Computed radiography system and method for manufacturing the same A computed radiography system is provided. The computed radiography system includes an imaging plate configured to store a radiation energy pattern of an object or emit multiple prompt emission photons of the radiation energy pattern upon irradiation or a combinatio... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7432512 | Cassette for storage phosphor plate and apparatus for removing storage phosphor plate from cassette A cassette (1) for a storage phosphor plate (2) comprises a cassette housing (4) with an opening (7) and a support (3) disposed movably within the cassette housing (4), wherein the storage phosphor plate (2) lies on t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429296 | Method for manufacturing photoconductive layer constituting radiation imaging panel A photoconductive layer formed of a Bi12MO20 sintered body is manufactured without being fused with a setter. An oxide material in which a content of silicon oxide is 1 wt %, and more preferably, 0.3 wt % or less, is used as a setter which moun... | 09/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7375363 | Image forming apparatus and method of transporting same After a main unit has captured an image of a subject, the main unit is detached from a support post fixedly mounted in a compartment of a vehicle through a mounting/dismounting mechanism, and stored in a storage case disposed in the compartment of the vehicle. The s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7358502 | Devices, systems, and methods for imaging Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system, which can comprise an imaging plate. The imaging plate can be exposable by an x-ray source. The imaging plate can be configured to be used in digital radiographic imaging. The imaging plate can comprise a phosphor-bas... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355196 | Radiation image signal acquiring method A stimulable phosphor sheet, on which a radiation image of an object has been stored, is scanned with stimulating rays, which cause the stimulable phosphor sheet to emit light in proportion to the amount of energy stored on the stimulable phosphor sheet during expos... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7336765 | Portable system and method for non-intrusive radioscopic imaging Described herein is a portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system that utilizes a multiple camera imager and advanced processing techniques to image suspicious containers. An X-ray sensor or imager utilizes a scintillating screen that produces fl... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333647 | Systems and method for generating an image A system for obtaining a resultant image and a method to utilize the same are provided. In particular, first and second images of a subject or a portion of the subject are obtained. The first image includes a first portion of the subject and a second portion of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329891 | Read-out device and method for reading out X-rays stored in phosphor layers In order to improve the picture quality of X-rays, a read-out control is provided for controlling a read-out device such that a first storage phosphor layer, which has a first thickness d1, is read out by the read-out device controlled in a first read-out mod... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323706 | Method of associating meta-data relating to a radiation image of an object with the radiation image A first time stamp T1 indicative of the time of irradiation of an object and a second time stamp T2 indicative of the time of exposure of an image detector by the radiation image of the object, are generated. Meta-data relating to the object are associ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7304309 | Radiation detectors The invention consists in structuring scintillation radiation detectors as Photonic Bandgap Crystals or 3D layers of thin filaments, thus enabling extremely high spatial resolutions and achieving virtual voxellation of the radiation detector without physical separat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304322 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a casing accommodating therein a heating mechanism for heating the interior of the casing. The heating mechanism has a heating body mounted on a guide plate along which a stimulable phosphor sheet is fed. When supplied with electr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297973 | Breast image obtaining method and apparatus A breast image obtaining apparatus using a solid-sate detector, or stimulable phosphor panel capable of correctly obtaining image information up to the area closer to the chest wall of a subject. when picking up the image, the solid-state detector is moved to a plac... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7289602 | Portable, digital X-ray apparatus for producing, storing, and displaying electronic radioscopic images A portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system uses a pulsed X-ray source, a remote X-ray sensor, and a self-contained, display and controller unit to produce, store, and/or display digital radioscopic images of an object under investigation. The ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7274033 | Reading method for radiation image information and radiation image reading apparatus A method for reading radiation image information in which a cassette is lowered while keeping each short side of the cassette extending vertically, and then inserted into a radiation image reading apparatus which has a cassette loading inlet in its upper surface and... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7262426 | Method, apparatus and program for image data correction Quality degradation of a radiograph obtained from a stimulable phosphor sheet used repeatedly for radiography can be suppressed by an image data correction apparatus. Light emission characteristic storage means stores light emission change characteristic data and se... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252182 | Vibration isolation structure for image forming apparatus A vibration isolation structure for an image-forming apparatus includes an exposure unit disposed in a vehicle compartment, for applying radiation to a subject and capturing a radiation image of the subject; a support post fixedly mounted in the compartment of the v... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244955 | Computed radiography systems and methods of use A computed radiography (CR) system for imaging an object is provided. The system includes a radiation source, a storage phosphor screen, an illumination source and a two dimensional imager. The radiation source is configured to irradiate the storage phosphor screen,... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242011 | Radiation image forming unit and cassette A radiation image forming unit has a stimulable phosphor sheet and a case. The stimulable phosphor sheet includes a phosphor layer and a frame covering the four sides of the phosphor layer. The frame has a recess, and a lead sheet for blocking backward scattered ray... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239732 | Method and unit for storing a radiation image Radiation-image information is input from a radiation-image measuring apparatus to a measurement-information storing section, and measurement information, which consists of the positional information of a measuring point and a result of measurement based on the posi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228004 | Method for sharpening a digital image A method of sharpening a digital image having image pixels values includes the steps of: determining a Dmin value, representing a value corresponding to a minimum possible exposure for a system that produced the digital image; for each pixel value in the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223989 | Radiation image conversion panel A radiation image conversion panel is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a stimulable phosphor layer formed by vapor deposition of a stimulable phosphor, wherein the stimulable phosphor layer meets the following requirement: 0≦B≦ | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214539 | Scintillation proximity test The invention concerns scintillation proximity assays performed in multiwell plates where a charge coupled device is used to image the wells. Conventional phosphors emit blue light (350–450 nm) which is absorbed by yellow or brown assay components. This problem is... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214956 | Image recording medium In an electrostatic recorder including: a first electrode for transmitting radioactive rays; a recording photoconductive layer irradiated with the radioactive rays to generate charge; a charge transportation layer; a storage unit for storing the charge as an electro... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208750 | Radiation image reading apparatus A radiation image reading apparatus includes an image reading section for reading a radiation image on a stimulable phosphor sheet by scanning the stimulable phosphor sheet with exciting light in a main scanning direction, and a conveying section having a windable m... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7202485 | Radiation image conversion panel and preparation method thereof A radiation image conversion panel exhibiting enhanced luminance and superior sharpness is disclosed, comprising on a support a stimulable phosphor layer, wherein the stimulable phosphor layer which has been formed by gas phase deposition has a thickness of 50 μm t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199379 | Binderless storage phosphor screen An image storage screen or panel, suitable for use in applications related with computed radiography, has been disclosed, wherein said screen or panel comprises a binderless needle-shaped stimulable (storage) phosphor and a substrate, characterized in that said subs... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199389 | Radiation image recording and read-out method and system A residual image signal, which represents a residual image remaining on a stimulable phosphor sheet having been subjected to an erasing operation, is acquired. A radiation image of an object is then recorded on the stimulable phosphor sheet, from which the residual ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197529 | Network system for radiographing radiation-images There is described a radiographic imaging system to read radiation image stored in a radiation-image storing sheet. The radiographic imaging system includes a plurality of controllers, each of which has an image-display section; a plurality of radiation-image readin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196344 | Solid state radiation detector and method for testing the same A solid state radiation detector constituted by a solid state detecting section having multitudes of charge detecting linear electrodes and multitudes of auxiliary linear electrodes; a test signal generating means for generating a test signal; and a connection switc... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193226 | Scratch resistant moisture-protecting parylene layers A sheet or foil comprises a layer unit, divided into at least two layers: a layer A, being a layer of parylene and a layer B, wherein layer B, optionally present at both sides of layer A, is characterized in that it comprises an organic coating having at least one p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186996 | System for reading out storage phosphor screens A system has been described for reading out stimulable phosphor screens, plates or panels, whether or not differing from each other in phosphor composition or phosphor layer arrangement, after exposing said screens to X-rays. Said system comprises at least one sourc... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187754 | Operating method and computer program for a medical installation In an operating method for a medical installation, in particular an x-ray installation. In activation state of the medical installation, a control and evaluation device determines, upon input of a control command, a useful image of a subject. For this purpose, the c... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180079 | Radiation image storage panel A radiation image storage panel has a phosphor layer composed of energy-storing phosphor particles and a polymer binder and satisfies the following conditions; T1×d≧660; T2×d≧660; Dâ‰... | 02/20/2007 |
