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8178845 Collimator and related methods  
A collimator and related methods are shown and described. The collimator can be a multi-divergent-beam collimator having a plurality of inverted, ordered sections of a cone-beam collimator...
8173966 Collimator storage apparatus integrated with patient support  
According to some embodiments, a patient support system for a nuclear medical imaging system is provided that includes: a patient support; a collimator storage unit located under the patient...
8164064 Localization of a radioactive source within a body of a subject  
A computerized system for locating a device including a sensor module and a processor. A radioactive source, associated with the device, produces a signal in the form of radioactive...
8071950 Methods and systems of combining magnetic resonance and nuclear imaging  
A multi-modality imaging system for imaging of an object under study, e.g., a whole body or parts of the body of animals such as humans, other primates, swine, dogs, rodents (especially mice and...
8067741 Focused pinhole gamma detection device  
The invention provides a gamma detection device, a collimator for use therein, and use of such a collimator or device in imaging an object. The invention is directed to pinhole imaging with high...
8049176 Method and apparatus for real time imaging and monitoring of radiotherapy beams  
A method and apparatus for real time imaging and monitoring of radiation therapy beams is designed to preferentially distinguish and image low energy radiation from high energy secondary radiation...
7999235 Nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus  
A nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus comprising a mechanical collimator for effecting passage in a given direction of photons with given energy emitted from an object injected or dosed with a...
7989771 Pinhole SPECT camera with plural detector heads  
An imaging system (10) includes at least one radiation detector unit (16) disposed adjacent a field of view (20) to detect and measure radiation from the field of view (20). The detector unit (16)...
7964850 Radiation detection apparatus  
A scintillation camera includes a scintillation material which is capable of converting high-energy radiation incident thereon and having a wavelength of X-ray radiation or shorter into optical...
7952076 Radiation imaging system and nuclear medicine diagnosis instrument therefor  
A radiation imaging system is configured by a collimator 30A including a detector 21 with a discrete detection pixel corresponding with a pixel and a plurality of radiation passages 31 and looks...
7943906 High spatial resolution X-ray and gamma ray imaging system using diffraction crystals  
A method and a device for high spatial resolution imaging of a plurality of sources of x-ray and gamma-ray radiation are provided. The device comprises a plurality of arrays, with each array...
7928396 Method for obtaining a scintillation structure  
A method for obtaining a scintillation body comprising the steps of readying a matrix of binding material within which is present a plurality of scintillation crystals, obtaining a plurality of...
7847274 Localization of a radioactive source within a body of a subject  
A computerized system 40 for locating a device. System 40 includes a sensor module 20 and a CPU 42. A radioactive source 38, associated with the device, produces a signal in the form of radioactive...
7829856 Apparatus and methods for determining a system matrix for pinhole collimator imaging systems  
Apparatus and methods for determining a system matrix for pinhole collimator imaging systems are provided. One method includes using a closed form expression to determine a penetration term for a...
7831024 Slit-slat collimation  
This invention is directed to a collimator and collimation techniques. Specifically, the invention is directed to a collimator and method for collimation wherein the collimator combines the...
7759648 Magnetically retained interchangeable collimators for scintillation cameras  
A grid suitable for being positioned and held in relation to a detector has positive positioning means and at least one magnet for holding the grid.
7723690 Adjustable slit collimators method and system  
Embodiments relate to a slit collimator assembly including a first set of panels spaced at least partially around a longitudinal axis of the collimator assembly and extending generally parallel to...
7692154 Lightweight quartic-shaped collimator for collecting high energy gamma rays  
A collimator incorporating shielding shaped according to the formula L02=y2+[y2⁢z2(y+D)2] where y is the minimum thickness of encased shielding needed to shield the collimator from un-collimated r...
7683333 Detector for nuclear medicine  
A radiation imaging device suitable for SPECT or other nuclear imaging includes a detector (22) which receives radiation. A fan beam-slit collimator (20) is positioned adjacent a radiation...
7671340 Adjustable-focal-length collimators method and system  
Embodiments relate to an imaging system that includes a collimator assembly having one or more pinhole apertures therein. The imaging system is configured so that one or more of the pinhole...
7663111 Variable collimation in radiation detection  
Apparatus for detecting radiation emitted from a number of volume elements of a body. The apparatus includes a first plurality of detector elements, each detector element being configured to output...
7629586 Methods and systems of combining magnetic resonance and nuclear imaging  
A multi-modality imaging system for imaging of an object under study, e.g., a whole body or parts of the body of animals such as humans, other primates, swine, dogs, rodents (especially mice and...
7612343 Collimator for radiation detectors and method of use  
A device and method for acquiring Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) data. In particular, a method of acquiring data using a gamma camera detector with a collimator, such as a...
7613478 Method and system for portability of clinical images using a high-quality display and portable device  
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for improved clinical workflow using wireless communication. A system for remote image display includes a data source with...
7592597 Method and apparatus for imaging with imaging detectors having small fields of view  
An apparatus for imaging a structure of interest comprises a plurality of imaging detectors mounted on a gantry. Each of the plurality of imaging detectors has a field of view (FOV), is...
7579600 Preclinical SPECT system using multi-pinhole collimation  
A preclinical nuclear imaging detector system, including a gantry and one or more detector assemblies, each including a scintillator configured to interact with radiation emanating from a target...
7580508 Integrated collimator handling system and method  
A collimator handling system for partially or fully automating the task of replacing and storing collimators in nuclear imaging systems. A collimator server stores a set of different collimators in...
7535008 Radiation imaging system and nuclear medicine diagnosis instrument therefor  
A radiation imaging system is configured by a collimator 30A including a detector 21 with a discrete detection pixel corresponding with a pixel and a plurality of radiation passages 31 and looks...
7498580 Tomographic device and method with translational movement between object and detector  
The invention relates to a device for carrying out a tomographic method, in particular for carrying out single-photon tomography, with at least one multi-hole collimator and at least one detector,...
7498582 Adjustable focal length pinhole collimator  
A pinhole collimator is provided that eliminates or at least minimizes the need for collimator exchange, to manage system sensitivity versus spatial resolution tradeoff, and to control imaging FOV...
7491941 Scanning focal point apparatus  
A collimator, and in particular a method for making a collimator for use with a small high resolution single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging tool for small animal research. The...
7485867 Exposure system and hole array  
A reading light exposure system scans an image recording medium with a reading light beam. The reading light exposure system includes a line source emitting the reading light beam, an optical means...
7474403 Device and method for measuring the optical properties of an object  
A device for measuring the optical properties of an object, particularly of a chemical and/or biological sample, comprises an illumination light source for illuminating the object. Further, an...
7470906 Adaptive collimator for nuclear medicine and imaging  
Method and apparatus for varying the hole length of a parallel hole collimator, provides a variably configurable compound collimator for use in nuclear imaging. The collimator has a plurality of...
7470907 Cross-slit collimator method and system  
Collimator assemblies that include an outer slit collimator having one or more slits therein, and an inner slit collimator having one or more slits therein are provided. Imaging systems that...
7467008 Ectography multimodality imaging system for diagnosis and treatment  
A system and method of integrating a nuclear medicine imaging device such as a gamma camera with a patient handling system where the nuclear medicine imaging system does not prevent full access to...
7442937 Radiation imaging apparatus and nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus using the same  
Disclosed herein is a radiation imaging apparatus and radiation-imaging-apparatus-based nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus having a collimator in which a plurality of rectangular through-holes...
7439514 Adjustable pinhole collimators method and system  
Embodiments relate to pinhole collimator assemblies having one or more adjustable size pinhole apertures therein. The pinhole collimator assembly is configured so that gamma rays can pass through...
7394072 Gamma camera calibration and diagnosis using pulse injection  
A quality control system and method are provided for troubleshooting and performance testing of detectors in a Gamma camera that includes a field programmable gate array for forming digital words...
7388207 Skew slit collimator and method of use thereof  
A skew slit collimator for a gamma ray imaging device and a method of configuring the skew slit collimator for a gamma ray imaging device is disclosed. The gamma ray imaging device includes a...
7385200 Re-binning method for nuclear medicine imaging devices  
A generalized rebinning method transforms SPECT projection data acquired with a first type of collimator into projection data as if it were acquired with a second type of collimator, for subsequent...
7375338 Swappable collimators method and system  
Embodiments include an imaging system that includes a collimator support base and a detector assembly. The collimator support base is configured to interchangeably accept a slit aperture collimator...
7368720 Collimators for an array of radioactive lines for use on a spect system for non-uniform attenuation correction measurements  
According to the present invention, an improved source collimator for use in nuclear medicine imaging is provided. The improved source collimator utilizes a larger collimation angle than has...
7356125 Arrangement for collimating electromagnetic radiation  
The invention relates to an arrangement for collimating electromagnetic radiation, comprising a macrocollimator which has at least two cutouts, and microcollimator structures which are positioned...
7345282 Collimator with variable focusing and direction of view for nuclear medicine imaging  
According to the present invention, a novel slat collimator for use in nuclear medicine imaging is provided. The slat collimator comprises a first layer comprising a plurality of spaced apart...
7339174 Combined slit/pinhole collimator method and system  
Collimator assemblies that include an inner combined collimator and an outer collimator are provided. The inner combined collimator includes a first portion having one or more slit apertures...
7336767 Back-scattered X-ray radiation attenuation method and apparatus  
A method for improving resolution of X-ray radiography systems of the type used to obtain images of internal features of human bodies or to view contents of luggage articles, cargo containers and...
7323689 Attenuation correction in nuclear medicine studies by simultaneous transmission and emission data measurement and estimation of emission-to-transmission crosstalk  
Attenuation correction in SPECT studies such as cardiac function imaging is carried out using an iterative statistically-based transmission projection reconstruction algorithm that is capable of...
7312456 Stationary multi-pinhole cardio vascular SPECT system  
A dynamic Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) system utilizes an array of modular detectors structured in a dome shape and being independently tiltable in polar or azimuth angle. The...
7310407 Nuclear medical imaging device  
An apparatus for imaging a field of view, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises an x-ray source positioned adjacent to the field of view, a source mask located between the...
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