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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189736 | X-ray CT apparatus Provided is an X-ray CT apparatus which can perform CT scan of multi-energy scanning at a high speed and can obtain an image having an excellent substance distinguishing ability. The X-ray CT apparatus includes: means to continuously perform a first CT scanning usin... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184769 | Method and apparatus to facilitate using multiple radiation-detection views to differentiate one material from another At least three radiation-detection views are used to facilitate identifying material as comprises an object being assessed along a beam path relative to that object. This comprises developing a first radiation-detection view (101) as corresponds to the materi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175361 | Method and apparatus for the artifact-reduced detection of a 3D object in tomographic imaging In order to regularize a reconstruction method associated with computed tomography (CT), in at least one example embodiment, information relating to the statistics of the attenuation values of the reconstructed object is also included in the form of the logarithmic ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172460 | CT scanning device A CT scanning device includes a scanning gantry, a supporting means for a scanning table, and a supporting base for fixing and supporting the scanning gantry. The scanning gantry is configured to scan a subject and to collect scanning data. The supporting means supp... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175359 | Iterative highly constrained image reconstruction method An image reconstruction method includes reconstructing an initial composite image of a subject using a conventional reconstruction method. The initial composite image employs the best information available regarding the subject of the scan and this information is us... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175363 | System and method for additive spatial/intensity decomposition of medical images A method for decomposing digital medical images includes providing a digital medical image, segmenting the image into one or more biological structures, extracting one or more segmented biological structures from the image by extracting all voxels within a spatial e... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175358 | Apparatus and method for the processing of perfusion images The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the reconstruction of time-dependent cross-sectional images and may be applied for example in perfusion imaging in the vessel system (2) of a patient. According to the method, projections pi | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170315 | Localized and highly constrained image reconstruction method An image reconstruction method includes reconstructing a composite image of a subject using a conventional reconstruction method. The composite image employs the best information available regarding the subject of the scan and this information is used to constrain t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8155416 | Methods and apparatuses for planning, performing, monitoring and assessing thermal ablation A thermal ablation system is operable to perform thermal ablation using an x-ray system to measure temperature changes throughout a volume of interest in a patient. Image data sets captured by the x-ray system during a thermal ablation procedure provide temperature ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150130 | Magnetic resonance method and apparatus for producing an angiographic image In a magnetic resonance method and apparatus for generation of an angiographic image of a vascular system of a patient, a first data set of k-space data of the region to be examined is acquired using a contrast agent-free magnetic resonance angiography technique, a ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149989 | Device for destruction-free inspection of a conveyor belt A device for non-destructive inspection of a conveyor belt made from an elastomeric material has a carrying side for the goods to be conveyed, a running side, and an embedded strength support, whereby the conveyor belt is set in motion. A radiation source emits rays... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144965 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer storage medium A feature value corresponding to each of a plurality of pixel values is calculated for an image. A pixel value is selected for which a minimum distance is obtained in a feature space between the calculated feature value and a feature value of a template. The selecte... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135200 | Imaging auto shutter ROI A method to identify a Region Of Interest (ROI) within an image includes the steps of: reading a digital image; finding predetermined brightness values; analyzing lines near a plurality of outer edges of the digital image; identifying an entire area of the digital i... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131041 | System and method for selective blending of 2D x-ray images and 3D ultrasound images A system and method for simultaneously imaging a structure using two different imaging modalities and blending the images into a single blended two dimensional image, is provided. The system and method include obtaining two dimensional (2D) x-ray image data (132 | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131042 | Methods and apparatus for hybrid cone beam image reconstruction A method for reconstructing an image using an imaging apparatus that includes a radiation source, a detector array, and a computer. The method includes performing a helical scan of an object at a selected helical pitch using the radiation source and detector array t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130903 | Nondestructive device and method for evaluating ultra-hard polycrystalline constructions A device, system and method for nondestructively obtaining qualitative and/or quantitative information relating to the material properties of a region in a diamond body comprises directing x-rays onto the body. The body can comprise sintered or unsintered diamond. T... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131050 | Radiographic image capturing apparatus and radiographic image capturing method The continuous image capturing of a subject is performed with small doses of radiation. A plurality of auxiliary images obtained by the continuous image capturing is stored. On the basis of the stored auxiliary images, the periodicity of motion of the subject is det... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121259 | Thermal energy storage and transfer assembly and method of making same An apparatus includes an electron collector includes a body having an internal bore formed therethrough along a first direction and a window side having an aperture formed in a first portion thereof along a second direction different from the first direction. The ap... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111890 | Medical image generating device, method and program An image-constituting element group corresponding to bone areas is selected from among a plurality of image-constituting elements that make up a three-dimensional image model, and CT values originally associated only with the selected image-constituting element grou... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107708 | Method for correcting truncation artifacts The invention relates to a method for correcting truncation artifacts in a reconstruction method for computed tomography recordings. The projection images are recorded by an x-ray image detector being extended by determining the attenuation of the radiation outside ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102963 | CT scanner using injected contrast agent and method of use A CT scanner includes a first X-ray beam source, and a second X-ray beam source. With such an apparatus, first source is used to monitor buildup of an injected contrast agent in a selected region of interest relative to a patient and at least the second source is us... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103078 | Method for determining ECG-triggered recording times for imaging to support interventional and diagnostic cardiac procedures The invention is directed to a method for determining a plurality of ECG-triggered recording times for cardiac imaging, comprising the steps: recording a plurality of images of the heart at predetermined time intervals; assigning the images to specific cardiac phase... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098793 | Device for cushioning of compression surfaces According to the present invention, improved methods and apparatus are provided for providing cushioning and other ergonomic surfaces on devices requiring the patient or tissue to be compressed, such as radiography machines, fluoroscopy units, mammography units and ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098795 | Device and method for time-delayed integration on an X-ray detector composed of a plurality of detector modules An X-ray detector for recording an image of an object that is moving relative to the detector includes a plurality of detector modules which are adjacently disposed so that they partially overlap. Using the detector modules, a TDI (Time Delayed Integration) is perfo... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094777 | Digital mammography scanning system An apparatus for use in imaging an area of interest within a patient's body, including a stationary frame; a rotating assembly mounted on the stationary frame, the rotating assembly including an axle assembly having a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, an X-... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086013 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus characterized by including a device which recognizes, in a bone part unit, a bone area extracted from a medical image and including a bone region constituted of several bone parts, a device which is used to select the bone region to be ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085897 | X-ray scanning system An X-ray scanner comprises an array (12) of X-ray detectors (16) arranged in cylindrical configuration around an imaging volume (28), and a multi-focus X-ray source (20) which extends in a helical configuration around the outside of the d... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081733 | Method and systems for scanning a stream of objects A method for scanning a stream of objects includes continuously acquiring raw data of the stream of objects using an X-ray system including a detector, determining a leading edge and a trailing edge of a first object of the stream of objects from the raw data acquir... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077953 | System and method for automatic detection of end of diastole and end of systole image frames in X-ray ventricular angiography End-diastolic and end-systolic image frames are automatically selected on a real-time basis from a sequence of X-ray ventricular angiogram images by modeling the angiogram images by a dynamic graphical model and estimating a posterior probability density of the vent... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077830 | Beam filter positioning device A system includes a beam filter positioning device including a plate configured to support one or more beam filters, and one or more axes operable to move the plate relative to a beam line. A control mechanism is coupled to the one or more axes for controlling the m... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077826 | CT scanner with scatter radiation correction and method of using same A CT scanner with scatter correction device and a method for scatter correction are provided. The method of correcting CT images from artifacts caused by scattered radiation comprises affixing to the non-rotating frame of the CT gantry a plurality of shields for shi... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073098 | Air bearing to support a body An air bearing has a rotor having a circularly curved radial rotor bearing surface along its circumferential direction. The air bearing also has a stator having at least one radial stator bearing surface partially enclosing the rotor in the circumferential direction... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073224 | System and method for two-dimensional visualization of temporal phenomena and three dimensional vessel reconstruction A method for visualizing temporal phenomena and constructing 3D views from a series of medical images includes providing a first time series of digital images of contrast-enhanced blood flow in a patient, each acquired from a same viewing point with a known epipolar... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064569 | X-ray CT imaging apparatus and imaging control method therefor An X-ray CT imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generating section, an X-ray image capturing section, a supporting section, a holding section, a rotation driving section, and an X-ray controlling section, wherein the X-ray generating section generates an X-ray cone ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054943 | Magnetic coupler drive for x-ray tube anode rotation An x-ray tube includes a housing enclosing a vacuum chamber, a cathode positioned within the vacuum chamber configured to emit electrons, and an anode positioned within the vacuum chamber to receive the electrons emitted from the cathode and generate a beam of x-ray... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054940 | Image capturing system for medical use, image processing apparatus, and image processing method The present invention provides a technique capable of objectively discriminating the constituent of a subject also in an image in which density difference is not easily discriminated on a gray image obtained by image capturing for medical use using X-rays. An image ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050382 | Sample module with sample stream spaced from window, for x-ray analysis system An x-ray analysis system with an x-ray source for producing an x-ray excitation beam directed toward an x-ray analysis focal area; and a sample chamber for presenting a fluid sample to the x-ray analysis focal area. The x-ray excitation beam is generated by an x-ray... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041003 | Electronic packaging technique to improve sensor failure robustness A modular sensor assembly comprises: sensor arrays electrically coupled to a sensor substrate; a plurality of integrated circuits with sensor signal processors electrically coupled to a package substrate; and an interconnect assembly including electrical paths confi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027427 | Systems and method for scanning a continuous stream of objects A method for scanning a stream of objects includes continuously acquiring raw data of the stream of objects using an X-ray system, that includes a detector. The raw data of the stream of objects is rebinned into at least one two-dimensional sinogram. A leading edge ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021043 | Magnetic shielding for portable detector A digital radiographic detector has a detector panel that forms digital image data according to radiation exposure energy. An enclosure houses the detector panel, formed from an electrically conductive material and having a base with an inner base surface and an out... | 09/20/2011 |
