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US20090324048 |
Method and apparatus for multi-modal imaging
A method and apparatus for imaging a subject animal. The method comprises the steps of treating the animal with an x-ray contrast agent and an imaging agent; supporting the animal in an immobilized...
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US20090324049 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING CANCER RISK
Methods and systems for determining a probabilistic assessment of a person developing cancer are disclosed. The probabilistic assessment may include receiving a digital breast image of a person,...
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US20090310846 |
Apparatus and Method for Selectively Generating Graphic Medical Records from Continuous Multiplanar Viewing
An apparatus and method for manipulating three dimensional image data. The apparatus takes each multiplanar view (MPR) obtained by a medical imaging device, such as an x-ray machine, of an area of...
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US20090310845 |
PANORAMIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR PANORAMIC IMAGING
A panoramic imaging apparatus is provided, which is able to freely display a focus-optimized internal structural image of the tooth row depending on a position using image data acquired by only...
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US20090310847 |
MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS
A medical image processing apparatus includes an image storage unit which stores the data of a three-dimensional image associated with an object receiving an operation using a lumen insertion...
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US20090304254 |
X-RAY IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
The present invention implements efficient transmission of captured images while also maintaining high-resolution image quality. The present invention is an image processing method for an X-ray...
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US20090304256 |
METHOD OF EXTRAPOLATING A GREY-LEVEL BIDIMENSIONAL IMAGE IN A RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE AND A RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD
A method of extrapolating a bidimensional grey-level image using a radiography device.
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US20090304255 |
X-RAY IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
The present invention is an image processing apparatus that reconstructs one frame of image data using block-level image data, including a unit that receives the block-level image data to which...
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US20090304151 |
Radiographic image data correction method and apparatus and radiography apparatus
Offset correction based on offset correction data is performed on radiographic image data that have been read out from a radiation image detector, and the offset correction data are updated. In the...
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US20090297013 |
System and Method for Intelligent CAD Processing
A computer implemented method for automatically selecting an algorithm for image analysis in a computer-aided detection/diagnosis (CAD) system includes receiving image data for a study involving a...
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US20090297014 |
SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING RADIATION TREATMENT PLAN SEGMENTATIONS
Segmentations used to describe structures to be treated by radiotherapy are evaluated by converting the segmentations into volume models and examining volume elements that are extra or missing in...
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US20090296883 |
Radiation image correction apparatus, method, and program
A radiation image correction apparatus which includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring, from each of two target radiation images for comparative reading obtained for the same subject, data of...
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US20090297012 |
Methods of and System for Detection and Tracking of Osteoporosis
A method and system for detection and tracking of osteoporosis is disclosed. A method of characterizing an image of a target vertebra includes building a computer model from a set of sample images...
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US20090296884 |
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...
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US20090297011 |
METHOD FOR OBTAINING A 3D (CT) IMAGE USING A C-ARM X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM VIA ROTATIONAL ACQUISITION ABOUT A SELECTABLE 3D ACQUISITION AXIS
In a method for acquiring a 3D image rotational acquisition and reconstructed 3D image of an examination subject in whom a highly dense object is located, the 3D acquisition axis for acquiring the...
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US20090297004 |
Method for Automatically Synchronizing the Review of Two DSA Scenes
A system automatically synchronizes display of adjacent different medical image sequences of an anatomical portion derived for use in Angiography or another medical procedure. The system includes...
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US20090290779 |
FEATURE BASED NEURAL NETWORK REGRESSION FOR FEATURE SUPPRESSION
A method of obtaining one or more components from an image may include normalizing and pre-processing the image to obtain a processed image. Features may be extracted from the processed image....
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US20090285468 |
RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
An image acquisition unit acquires an X-ray image obtained by irradiating a subject with an X-ray and a dark image obtained without irradiating the X-ray. A dark correction mode input unit inputs a...
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US20090285467 |
METHOD FOR ASSESSING BONE STATUS
A method for assessing bone status is disclosed. The method for assessing bone status comprises steps of: obtaining a chest radiograph, recognizing a target bone on the chest radiograph by active...
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US20090279765 |
System for Identifying Medical Images Having a Particular Medical Characteristic
A system identifies a particular image associated with a particular cardiac characteristic from within a sequence of cardiac images including image noise artifacts and obtained over a heart beat...
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US20090279767 |
SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION
A system and method are disclosed for reconstructing an instrument in 3 dimensions for use during interventional medical procedures to provide enhanced instrument visualization with respect to a...
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US20090279764 |
SMALL-SCALE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM
The present invention is to provide a small-scale diagnosis system for conducting simple and efficient examination, including: an image creating apparatus for creating photographic image data of...
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US20090279766 |
EVALUATION METHOD FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLUOROSCOPY IMAGES OF AN EXAMINATION OBJECT WITH TIME-CODED DISPLAY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTIONS
A computer receives a plurality of two-dimensional fluoroscopy images of an examination object, capture time points and projection parameters and combines the images into image groups. Each image...
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US20090279672 |
Multi-functional medical imaging quality assurance sensor
The present invention relates to a method of providing a quality assurance program for a medical imaging examination, including measuring quality assurance metrics, including at least one of...
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US20090279768 |
IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, AND CT APPARATUS
A computerized tomography apparatus and program for obtaining a cross-sectional image corresponding to projections are provided in which, for a temporary cross-sectional image f(x, y) obtained in...
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US20090279761 |
Systems and Methods for Generating Images for Identifying Diseases
Systems and methods for generating images for identifying diseases are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first digital radiography (DR) image of at least a portion of a...
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US20090274359 |
SPECIMEN OBSERVATION METHOD
It is an object of the present invention to provide a specimen observation method, an image processing device, and a charged-particle beam device which are preferable for selecting, based on an...
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US20090257638 |
Method and facility for visualizing an overlaid presentation of x-ray images
The invention relates to a method for visualizing an overlaid presentation of x-ray images. A first two-dimensional fluoroscopy image of an object of interest is provided. A second two-dimensional...
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US20090257639 |
METHOD OF TRACKING EYEBALL IN EYEBALL TUMOR TREATMENT
Disclosed herein is a method of tracking the movement of an eyeball in eyeball tumor treatment. The method includes a calibration step of storing an actual length for each pixel of an image in a...
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US20090257637 |
Method for providing variously processed image data and x-ray image system
Modern image processing systems for the postprocessing of X-ray images require a large number of input parameters and take a great deal of time. So that calculations do not need to be made...
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US20090252396 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method, and recording medium
An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining device which obtains a breast image obtained by radiography of a breast; a mammary gland region extracting device which extracts a mammary...
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US20090252397 |
Imaging system and image defect correcting method
An imaging system comprises: an imaging unit for producing an image within a given field of view; an image defect detector for detecting a defective area from a first image that is produced by the...
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US20090252393 |
PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNISING PRENEOPLASTIC ABNORMALITIES IN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM
A process for the automatic recognition of abnormalities in anatomical structures is described together with a processing system and a computer program for implementing the aforesaid process,...
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US20090238432 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING DEFECTS IN RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DATA CORRESPONDING TO A SCANNED OBJECT
A method for identifying defects in radiographic image data corresponding to a scanned object is provided. The method includes acquiring radiographic image data corresponding to a scanned object....
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US20090237402 |
Method and System for Reconstructing a Model of an Object
The invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for reconstructing a model of an object of projection data advantageously gathered by X-ray imaging. It is characteristic for...
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US20090238493 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ADJUST MEDICAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT
A system and method for automatically adjusting parameters of an imaging machine are disclosed. The system comprises at least one sensor device to capture sensed characteristic information of a...
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US20090238434 |
Method for reproducing the spatial orientation of an immobilized subject in a multi-modal imaging system
Methods are disclosed for (A) adjusting the physical, spatial orientation of an immobilized subject in a multi-modal imaging system so as substantially to reproduce or match the physical, spatial...
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US20090238433 |
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING COLLIMATION EDGES
A method for automatically detecting a collimation edge or region includes reading an image captured by an X-ray imaging system, detecting intersection points between a foreground and a background...
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US20090232380 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An image processing apparatus and method including executing high-pass filtering in a column direction on the pixel values of original image data read from a flat panel detector to obtain first...
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US20090226070 |
CALIBRATING A C-ARM X-RAY APPARATUS
The invention relates to a method for calibrating a C-arm x-ray apparatus, comprising the following steps:
a) the C-arm x-ray apparatus is moved to an initial position, in particular to an...
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US20090220140 |
IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RADIATION IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING/PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS
Acquiring radiation image data representing a radiation image of a subject photographed using a radiation exposure field aperture, acquiring information of a radiation exposure field area...
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US20090220139 |
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF MAMMOGRAMS
A device for the computer-assisted analysis of mammograms. Said device comprises means for detecting a contour line that surrounds an object area of the mammogram, which is defined by an object....
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US20090221881 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY SOFTCOPY READING
The present invention describes a method and system for intelligent diagnostic relevant information processing and analysis. Information associated with a patient is processed via an image reading...
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US20090220138 |
FAST PREPROCESSING ALGORITHMS FOR DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY CAD AND WORKSTATION
A method and apparatus are disclosed for an image preprocessing device that automatically detects chestwall laterality; removes border artifacts; and segments breast tissue and pectoral muscle from...
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US20090218495 |
Device and Method for Discriminating Cernkov and Scintillation Radiation
A device for discriminating Cerenkov and scintillation radiation and a beam inspection device, including an inspection head comprising a scintillator and at least one ionizing radiation diffuser...
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US20090214099 |
METHOD OF SUPPRESSING OBSCURING FEATURES IN AN IMAGE
A method of removing obscuring features of relatively standard size and shape from an image comprising the obscuring features, features of interest and background, comprising the steps of applying...
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US20090214100 |
X-RAY IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
An X-ray image processing apparatus includes a site information determination unit configured to determine, based on discrete site information, continuous site information to be obtained by...
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US20090208087 |
RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND RECORDING-MEDIUM STORED THEREIN PROGRAM
Unevenness in the density of a radiographic image of a subject that has been obtained by outputting radiation from a radiation output unit toward the subject and by detecting the radiation at a...
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US20090202129 |
X-RAY IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An X-ray image processing apparatus includes a calculating unit adapted to calculate the noise amount of a sensor on the basis of a difference value of a plurality of dark images acquired at...
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US20090201291 |
Gating With Anatomically Varying Durations
A method for reconstructing a radioactive emission image of an overall volume having first and second volumetric regions, each volumetric region having respectively independent dynamic...
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