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7623619 X-ray CT apparatus  
An X-ray CT apparatus that achieves a higher quality of reconstructed CT images by preventing displacements of relative positions of the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector from occurring, including...
7616983 Device for guiding a magnetic element  
A device for guiding a magnetic element has magnet holders that can be pivoted about vertical axes from an operating position to a rest position, such that a patient to be examined can be examined...
7611281 Reconfigurable computer tomography scanner  
A CT scanner is reconfigurable to multiple orientations and positions. The scanner includes a gantry on which the x-ray source and x-ray detector are mounted. The gantry is mounted on a support and...
7609813 System and method for improved collision detection in an imaging device  
An imaging system that includes a radiation source. An image receptor is located to receive radiation emitted by the radiation source. The imaging system further has a servo system that includes a...
7607832 Apparatus for medical imaging  
Embodiments provide apparatus for medical imaging which includes: a base assembly including a set of wheels for rolling movement on a floor to transport the base assembly between locations; an...
7604404 X-ray imaging apparatus  
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a substantially C-arm, a support mechanism which rotatably supports substantially the C-arm, a rotation driving unit which drives rotation of substantially the...
7602882 C-arm x-ray apparatus with control optimized for degrees of freedom and method  
The invention relates to an x-ray C-arm apparatus comprising an x-ray C-arm and a control facility that moves the x-ray C-arm in at least one rotational and/or translational degree of freedom...
7597473 X-ray recording device with an X-ray detector and an X-ray emitter  
An X-ray recording device has an X-ray detector and an X-ray emitter aligned with one another on a mobile supporting device, the supporting device being supported by retainer on a stand unit and...
7594751 Biplane X-ray system  
In a biplane X-ray system, a robot is used for moving at least a pair comprising an X-ray radiation source and an X-ray detector. The robot can be a buckling arm robot bearing an X-ray C-arm. It is...
7591589 Medical system having a C-arm  
The present intervention relates to a medical diagnosis or intervention system with a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a C-arm as a component carrier, to which the radiation source and...
7591588 Support arm for a ceiling holder for an x-ray source  
A support system for an x-ray source comprises a support arm and a ceiling holder. The ceiling holder includes a substantially vertically adjustable mounting device. The support arm is secured to...
7591587 Method for controlling X-ray diagnostic apparatus  
A controller controls a floor-mounted rotary arm mounted at one end on a floor rotatably about a substantially vertical rotation axis, a stand supported at the other end of the floor-mounted rotary...
7585110 X-ray examination apparatus  
An X-ray examination apparatus ( 10 ) comprises radiation modules in the form of an X-ray source ( 20 ) and an X-ray detector( 18 ), a main curved arm ( 12 ) having opposite end sections (S 1 , S 2...
7585109 Arm linkage system for a radiographic device  
A radiographic device may include a base, a support arm pivotably coupled to the base and defining a support axis, the support arm being movable between a normal position and two diametrically...
7578618 X-ray examination device  
The invention concerns an X-ray examination device ( 10 ) comprising an X-ray source ( 20 ), an X-ray detector ( 18 ) and a segmented carrier, where the X-ray source and the X-ray detector are...
7576344 Target positioner  
A target positioner including a radiation source disposed in a source housing, the radiation source adapted to emit a radiation beam, a target holder adapted to be attached to and generally...
7573977 Mammographic apparatus  
A mammographic apparatus for taking an image of a breast by detecting an X-ray radiated from an X-ray tube and transmitted a breast of a subject by means of an X-ray detector. The mammographic...
7566171 Device for recording projection images  
A device for recording projection images using high-energy radiation has a radiation source and a radiation detector. A radiation axis of the X-ray system can be freely established. A control...
7564949 Angiography device and associated recording method with a mechanism for collision avoidance  
The present invention involves an angiography device for examining vessels of patients having an x-ray emitter and an associated detector, having an image processing unit, an image display unit, a...
7564945 System including computed tomography device for image guided treatment  
A computed tomography (CT) system ( 300 ) includes a table ( 304 ) for holding a patient ( 302 ), a first gantry ( 311 ) for holding a radiation source ( 310 ) which emits penetrating radiation,...
7559691 Ceiling-mounted x-ray examination device  
The invention relates to a ceiling-mounted x-ray examination device comprising a patient-receiving table, an X-ray emitter, an X-ray receiver, a first adjusting device mountable on the ceiling for...
7558366 Tomosynthetic image reconstruction method, and diagnostic device operating according to the method  
In a tomosynthetic image reconstruction method and diagnostic device operating with such a method, a tomosynthetic 3D x-ray image is reconstructed by a discrete filtered back projection from a...
7556427 X-ray radiography apparatus and X-ray generator moving device  
The present invention provides an X-ray radiography apparatus constructed so as to be capable of moving an X-ray generator to as low a position as possible. A X-ray radiography apparatus is of the...
7543986 Equilibrated C-arm x-ray device  
An x-ray C-arm device has a C-arm rotatable around an orbital axis proceeding perpendicular to the plane of the C-arm. The C-arm carries an x-ray source and a radiation detector, and the overall...
7540660 Medical imaging apparatus  
When a safety switch is ON in step S 1 , and a movement lock portion and a safety lock portion are locked in step S 2 , a movement lock switch becomes inoperable and a detachment/attachment lock...
7534037 Methods and apparatus for accelerating mechanical members associated with a moving subsystem on a mobile X-ray medical imaging system  
Methods and apparatus are provided through which mechanical members associated with a moving subsystem on a mobile X-ray medical imaging system are accelerated and decelerated using triangular...
7534036 Method and arrangement for a mobile imaging system  
A support assembly for an image detector operable to acquire an image of a subject on a table is provided. The support assembly includes an offset arm pivotally coupled from a carriage about a...
7530739 Robot-controlled recording device  
The invention relates to a robot-controlled recording device comprising a robot with a number of axes of movement which are able to be controlled via a robot controller for moving a robotic hand...
7527429 Imaging arrangement and method  
The invention relates to an imaging arrangement 1 for obtaining imaging data of an object 7 . The imaging arrangement 1 comprises a support structure 3 having an axis of rotation 9 and...
7526065 Volumetric X-ray imaging system with automatic image resolution enhancement  
An automated X-ray imaging system and method for producing a plurality of X-ray imaging signals having selectively enhanced volumetric image resolutions, e.g., for magnifying the field of view and...
7519441 Systems, methods and apparatus for powered assistance of a motorized support device  
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which movement of a medical imaging device is detected and the movement is assisted in magnitude by an external force.
7519157 Systems, methods and apparatus for attachment of an X-ray tube to an X-ray tube collimator frame  
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments, a wrap-around capture device of an X-ray collimator frame limits movement of an X-ray tube mounting bracket away from...
7515677 Method for x-ray image recording of a non-centric imaging area using an x-ray imaging system, and x-ray imaging system  
There is described a method using an X-ray imaging unit, which has an arched support for the X-ray source and the X-ray detector. In the method, in a scan carried out by moving the support around...
7508904 X-ray CT apparatus  
An X-ray CT apparatus, wherein a drum type rotation frame is rotatably supported by a fixed circular frame so as to surround an outer surface of the drum type rotation frame through a plurality of...
7507026 Systems, methods and devices for x-ray device focal spot control  
Systems, methods and devices for implementing automatic control of focal spot Z axis positioning are disclosed for use with an x-ray device having an x-ray tube positioned within a housing and...
7500783 Method for recording images of a definable region of an examination object using a computed tomography facility  
There is described a method for recording images of a definable region of an examination object using an x-ray diagnostics facility for producing computed tomography recordings comprising an image...
7500782 Method for displacing a superimposed measuring surface on a sensor surface of an x-ray detector and x-ray system for implementing said method  
To avoid manual adjustments, the invention relates to a method for displacing a superimposed measuring surface on a sensor surface of an x-ray detector in an x-ray system, with an x-ray source and...
7497625 Systems, methods and apparatus of an extending column  
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which, in some embodiments, an extending column is comprised of a plurality of stacked slides that are mounted to each other through linear...
7494278 Method for correcting non-reproducible geometric errors occurring during operation of a C-arm device  
In a method for correcting non-reproducible geometric errors occurring during the operation of an x-ray C-arm device, having a C-arm carrying an x-ray source, during orbital displacement of the...
7490983 C-arm holding apparatus and X-ray diagnostic apparatus  
An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes a floor rotating arm which is installed at one end on a floor surface so as to be rotatable around a first rotation axis, a C-arm which is mounted on the...
7486775 Tissue irradiation device with at least one electron source and numerous radiation heads  
A device for irradiating tissue encompassing at least one electron source for generating an electron beam, numerous radiation heads that are firmly and annularly arranged in a supporting frame...
7486767 X-ray apparatus  
One of the aspects of the present invention is to provide an X-ray apparatus, which includes an X-ray source radiating an X-ray to a target portion of a person being tested, an X-ray detector...
7483510 Relocatable X-ray imaging system and method for inspecting commercial vehicles and cargo containers  
A readily relocatable X-ray imaging system for inspecting the contents of vehicles and containers, and a method for using the same. In a preferred embodiment, the system is relatively small in...
7481578 Digital radiography apparatus  
A radiography apparatus having an x-ray source, an x-ray imaging detector, and a support structure. The support structure is coupled to the x-ray source and to the x-ray detector and rotatable...
7478949 X-ray examination apparatus and method  
The present invention relates to an X-ray examination apparatus and a corresponding method for acquiring X-ray image data of a region of interest by use of an imaging unit ( 1 - 3 ) comprising an...
7477721 Open access air bearing gantry  
A diagnostic imaging system ( 10 ) includes an x-ray source ( 16 ), which is rotated around an examination region ( 20 ) on a rotating gantry ( 14 ). A subject, disposed on a couch ( 30 ), is...
7466795 Tomographic mammography method  
A tomosynthesis system for forming a three dimensional image of an object is provided. The system includes an X-ray source adapted to irradiate the object with a beam of X-rays from a plurality of...
7465930 Wobbling mechanism to compensate FOV truncation in SPECT systems  
A nuclear imaging system and method are provided for synchronously recovering the field of view of a target to be imaged includes multiple detectors attached to a gantry, a support member or...
7458719 X-ray diagnostic apparatus  
An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes a floor rotating arm whose one end is mounted on a floor surface to be rotatable around a substantially vertical first rotation axis, a stand mounted on the...
7453982 System and method to acquire radiological images of an imaged subject  
A system to acquire radiological images of an imaged subject is provided. A gantry moves a radiation source and image receptor to multiple positions in relation to an imaged subject. A controller...