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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6403740 | Vinyl fluoride interpolymers Interpolymers of 1-99 mol % vinyl fluoride and 99-1 mol % of at least one highly fluorinated monomer such as tetrafluoroethylene are disclosed. The interpolymers are characterized by the presence of ionic end groups and are prepared by polymerizing VF and... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5333065 | Signal to density mapping with controlled contrast A method of determining a conversion of a digital image representation of a radiologic image into density values wherein the gradation curve of a conventional screen/film system is approximated.... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5330309 | Reader having cassette locating and unlatching mechanism A method and apparatus for unlatching a stationary cassette having a latching mechanism for allowing removal of a photographic element disposed within the cassette. The cassette having a removable end cap, the end cap having a alignment opening and at lea... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5231572 | Radiation image storage and reproduction system A radiation image storage and reproduction system includes a radiation image read-out device for reading out a radiation image stored in a stimulable phosphor sheet to obtain digital image data of the radiation image; an image-concomitant information inpu... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5231574 | Method for detecting artifact signal components A method for detecting artifact signal components comprises the steps of detecting an image signal made up of a series of image signal components representing a radiation image from a recording medium on which the radiation image has been recorded. Specif... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5186338 | Pallet for holding a cassette A pallet holds a cassette that has a projection and a recess for registering the cassette relative to the pallet. The pallet has a surface that supports the cassette with a recess in the surface for receiving the projection on the cassette and a projectio... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4951201 | Method of automatically determining imaged body posture in medical image display A distribution of an image signal read from a stimulable phosphor sheet and bearing a transmitted radiation image of a human body is determined along a horizontal direction across the image. Signal values of the distribution along the direction are accumu... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4941194 | Method of compressing radiation image signal A method of compressing radiation image signals by conducting redundancy suppression encoding processing of original image signals representing a radiation image comprises the steps of conducting pre-processing for decreasing the number of image signals o... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4912315 | Long photomultiplier with translucent photocathode and reflector A long photomultiplier comprises a cylindrical main body having a light receiving face which extends in the longitudinal direction of the main body, a photocathode provided inside of the main body so that the photocathode extends along the light receiving... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4903310 | Method of automatically determining imaged body posture in medical image display An accumulative histogram of an image signal bearing a transmitted image of a human body is generated. The rate of change of the accumulative histogram is determined in a predetermined region of the image, and the imaged posture of the image is determined... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4894786 | Signal processing method for analyzing autoradiograph A signal processing method for analyzing an autoradiograph to identify the locations of radioactively labeled substances which have been resolved in a one-dimensional developing direction on a support medium is provided. According to this method, digital ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4892199 | Stimulable phosphor sheet stacking tray A stimulable phosphor sheet stacking tray comprises a tapered section for aligning stimulable phosphor sheets at a predetermined position, which is positioned at least at an inner wall of one side end face of the stacking tray where a lower end portion of... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4885696 | Signal processing method for determining base sequence of nucleic acid A signal processing method for determining the base sequence of nucleic acids from data on an autoradiograph is provided. An autoradiograph including a plurality of resolved rows is formed by resolving a mixture of base-specific DNA fragments or base-spec... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4862358 | Signal processing method in autoradiography A signal processing method in autoradiography for obtaining information on the one dimensional location of radioactively labeled substances in a sample where the substances of the sample are distributed in at least one row on a support medium where the in... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4852050 | Signal processing method in autoradiography A signal processing method in autoradiography for determination of the base sequence of DNA or a DNA fragment, employing groups of radioactively labeled base specific cleavage products or mixtures thereof obtained by specifically cleaving the DNA or DNA f... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4848764 | Sheet feeding mechanism A sheet feeding mechanism for feeding stacked sheets one by one from a sheet magazine includes a plurality of suction cups coupled to a vacuum suction device for attracting one sheet at a time, and an arm member on which the suction cups are securely moun... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4839683 | Automatic image developing apparatus An automatic image developing apparatus for automatically developing an image recorded on a photographic photosensitive material includes a feeder assembly for feeding the photographic photosensitive material successively to processing tanks for developin... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4833378 | Motor control method and apparatus A motor control method and apparatus in which when a motor rotating at prescribed RPM is to be stopped, a reverse maximum voltage is applied to the motor to rotate it in a reverse direction. Upon reversal of the direction of rotation of the motor, the rev... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4815078 | Method of quantizing predictive errors Predictive errors are grouped into a plurality of quantizing ranges, and the predictive errors in the respective quantizing ranges are represented by representative quantizing values assigned respectively to the quantizing ranges. The predictive error dat... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4803409 | Acceleration signal corrected motor speed control system The speed of a motor supported on a supporting base the position of which is changed during operation of the motor is controlled by use of a detector for detecting the degree of angular acceleration of the motor supporting base in a plane normal to the sh... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4802101 | Signal processing method for determining base sequence of nucleic acid A signal processing method for determining base sequence of nucleic acids by subjecting digital signals to signal processing, said digital signals corresponding to an autoradiograph of a resolved pattern which is formed by resolving a mixture of base-spec... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4777597 | Signal processing method in autoradiography A signal processing method in autoradiography employing a stimulable phosphor sheet for the purpose of obtaining information on the one dimensional location of radioactively labeled substances distributed in at least one dimensional direction on a support... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4754292 | Method of and apparatus for feeding image recording carrier An image recording carrier such a film which falls by gravity from a film magazine is gripped by a roller pair, which is rotated in a direction opposite to the direction in which the image recording carrier is fed toward a scanning unit. The image recordi... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4723151 | Image recording and developing apparatus An image recording and developing apparatus includes an image recording unit for scanning a photographic photosensitive material with a light beam modulated by image information to record an image on the photographic photosensitive material, and an automa... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4723100 | Brushless motor with a rotor pole position detector associated with each armature winding and electrically connected to another armature winding A brushless motor includes a plurality of stator armature windings having winding frames with spaces defined therein, respectively, a rotor mounted on a rotatable shaft and having field poles rotatable with respect to the armature windings, and a pluralit... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4720786 | Method of compensating for offset distortion in rows of electrophoretic patterns The base sequence of nucleic acids is determined by subjecting digital signals to signal processing, where the digital signals correspond to an autoradiograph of plural resolved rows which are formed by resolving a mixture of base-specific DNA fragments o... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4703537 | Cleaning apparatus for stimulable phosphor sheet A cleaning apparatus for removing dust sticking to the surface of a stimulable phosphor sheet used for recording a radiation image comprises first sheet conveying rolls for conveying the stimulable phosphor sheet, and a rotatable cleaning roll provided wi... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4700299 | Radiation image signal compression method and apparatus In a system for compressing radiation image signals, code tables for use in entropy encoding for signal compression are created and classified in accordance with combinations of human body portions of radiation images with image recording conditions there... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4672184 | Bar code reader system A bar code reader system for scanning light reflective bar coded labels, including a pivotably mounted spring based housing member having a connecting arm, a light source mounted on the housing member, and a line scan sensor mounted in the housing for sen... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4580774 | Sheet material accumulating device A sheet material accumulating device includes a sheet transporting section which is arranged to receiver sheets from a sheet feeding station at a feeding speed and to transport the received sheets to a slanted guide plate of an accumulating section, where... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4571635 | Method of image enhancement by raster scanning A method of enhancing images comprises making a point-by-point record of an image with successive pixels in a logical array, determining the standard deviation of the pixels, determining an effective central pixel value, and then displaying or recording t... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4051528 | Apparatus for optically reconstructing information Optical information reconstructing apparatus comprising a disc having at least one surface on which groups of dots bearing information are concentrically or spirally arrayed, a mechanism for rotating the disc, a light source for projecting a light beam on... | 09/27/1977 |
