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7430309 Computation of a geometric parameter of a cardiac chamber from a cardiac tomography data set  
A method for extracting a geometric parameter from a cardiac tomography data set. The method includes providing a cardiac tomography data set and a region of interest, computing an approximative...
7430270 Computerized tomography method with helical relative movement and conical beam  
The invention relates to a computerized tomography method, wherein a radiation source executes an nPi relative movement along a helix with respect to an object. Acquired measured values are...
7430269 Iterative data reconstruction  
Iterative algorithms, which may be used for image reconstruction, include alternating projections and backprojections usually have a slow convergence, due to correlations between simultaneously...
7428292 Method and system for CT imaging using multi-spot emission sources  
A CT imaging system includes a rotatable gantry having an opening to receive an object to be scanned. A plurality of x-ray emission sources are attached to the rotatable gantry, each x-ray emission...
7428290 X-ray CT apparatus  
The present invention is intended to improve image quality ensured by a conventional (axial) scan, a cine scan, or a helical scan performed by an X-ray CT apparatus including a two-dimensional area...
7428289 X-ray CT system and image processing method  
An X-ray CT system comprises an X-ray source and an X-ray detector opposed to the X-ray source with a subject between them. The X-ray detector detects X-rays irradiated from the X-ray source to the...
7426319 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing system, program, and storage medium  
In an image processing method, two images are inputted and the two inputted images are aligned. Then, an independent component analysis process using the two aligned images are performed.
7426255 X-ray CT device  
An X-ray CT apparatus comprises: motion information acquisition means that acquires periodical motion information on a motion portion of an object to be examined; a detector that rotates together...
7424138 Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing system and medical image processing method  
A medical image processing apparatus which performs an image processing on a radiation image including a grid pattern obtained by performing radiography with a grid for eliminating scattered...
7424089 System and method for reconstructing image by using straight-line trajectory scan  
It is disclosed a system and a method for reconstructing an image by using a straight-line trajectory scan to avoid image spatial resolution reduction due to interpolations in angular direction and...
7424088 Image reconstruction method using Hilbert transform  
A method of determining an image data value at a point of reconstruction in a computed tomography (CT) image of a scanned object, including obtaining projection data of the scanned object,...
7422368 CT scanner with tripod base  
A CT scanner includes a base, two fixed portions extending transversely from the base, and a rocking beam pivotally attached to the base about an axis. The CT scanner includes four wheels that...
7418075 Subtle dynamic helical scan for uniform z-resolution and noise  
A computed tomography apparatus, including: an X-ray helical scanning device including an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector arranged in a gantry, the helical scanning device configured to...
7415147 Method of and system for destreaking the photoelectric image in multi-energy computed tomography  
A method of and a system for destreaking the photoelectric image in multi-energy computed tomography are provided, wherein the photoelectric projections are generated from the projection data...
7415094 Security scanner with bin return device  
A security screening system for scanning items, the system comprising: a scanner, configured to produce x-ray projection data as an object is passed through the scanner, at least a portion of the...
7415093 Method and apparatus of CT cardiac diagnostic imaging using motion a priori information from 3D ultrasound and ECG gating  
ECG and ultrasound data of the heart are acquired in real-time during a scan. A data acquisition module is controlled during the scan to prospectively gate acquisition of CT data as a function of...
7412028 Methods and system for multi-modality imaging  
A method for multi-modality imaging is provided. The method includes receiving a first signal from a detector operating in a first imaging modality, and receiving a second signal from the detector...
7412023 X-ray diagnostic apparatus  
A X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray imaging unit including an X-ray tube and an X-ray detecting unit to generate an X-ray image, an image generating unit generating a 3D non-blood vessel...
7410295 Gantry for a computed tomography apparatus  
A gantry for a computed tomography apparatus has a supporting body and a support ring for a rotatable rotary carriage. The supporting body internally exhibits a channel that communicates in terms...
7409033 Tomographic reconstruction for x-ray cone-beam scan data  
Disclosed is x-ray cone beam scan data reconstruction of an imaged object with a reconstruction algorithm using shift invariant filtering and backprojection with the maximum tomographic capability...
7406188 Data correction method and X-ray CT apparatus  
A method for applying correction adapted to the shape of a subject to be imaged. The method includes applying edge enhancement to data D(r, v, c) of interest if the difference between the data D(r,...
7405407 Ion beam therapy system and its couch positioning method  
A therapy system using an ion beam, which can shorten the time required for positioning a couch (patient). The therapy system using the ion beam comprises a rotating gantry provided with an ion...
7403588 Method for production of tomographic slice images of an examination object using at least two X-ray beams at offset angles, and a computed tomography scanner for carrying out this method  
A method is disclosed for production of tomographic slice images of an examination object using a computed tomography scanner. In order to scan an examination object, at least two X-ray beams are...
7403587 Computer tomography method using a cone-shaped bundle of rays  
The invention relates to a computer tomography method in which an examination area is passed through by a cone-shaped bundle of rays. The bundle of rays comes from a radiation source location which...
7397890 CT system with synthetic view generation  
A CT scanner system provides projection-like images of a patient volume. After a CT scan is obtained and a three-dimensional model of the patient is created, any synthetic view can be generated by...
7397886 Method and apparatus for soft-tissue volume visualization  
A method for obtaining data including scanning an object using a multi-energy computed tomography (MECT) system to obtain data to generate an anatomical image, and decomposing the obtained data to...
7395180 Efficient translation of data from a two-dimensional array to a wedge  
Systems and methods are provided for drawing a wedge from an array of data. An angular reference table contains a plurality of angle values. An angle sampler samples a subset of angle values for a...
7394923 Imaging system for generating a substantially exact reconstruction of a region of interest  
A method and apparatus for reconstruction of a region of interest for an object is provided. The reconstruction of the object may be based on chords which may fill a part, all, or more than all of...
7394920 Automated computer-implemented method and system for reorienting emission computer tomographic myocardial perfusion images  
An automated computer-implemented method for reorienting ECT myocardial perfusion images of a heart LV. The method includes receiving variously oriented tomographic images; receiving LV long-axis,...
7391893 System and method for the detection of shapes in images  
A system and method for detecting a shape in an image are provided. The method comprises: constructing a deformable model from an image; deforming the deformable model to remove an undesired shape...
7391843 Systems and methods for adjusting noise in a medical imaging system  
A method for adjusting noise in an imaging system is described. The method includes adjusting, by a processor, a noise within an image based on a patient size.
7388983 Method of and system for detecting anomalies in projection images generated by computed tomography scanners  
A method of and a system for detecting anomalies in projection images generated by CT scanners are provided. One type of anomaly of particular interest is bright or/and dark dots in projection...
7388940 Architectures for cardiac CT based on area x-ray sources  
A CT imaging system includes a rotatable gantry having an opening to receive an object to be scanned having a small field-of-view (FOV) inside a large FOV. A plurality of area sources is attached...
7386090 Processes and a device for determining the actual position of a structure of an object to be examined  
A CT scanner is employed having a first coordinate system called the CT coordinate system related to the CT scanner for determining an actual position of a structure of an object to be examined. A...
7386088 Method and system for iterative image reconstruction  
A method for iteratively reconstructing image data acquired by a computed tomography system is provided. The method comprises generating a calculated sinogram from an image estimate and generating...
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...
7382852 Method and apparatus for correcting motion in image reconstruction  
One or more techniques are provided for adapting a reconstruction process to account for the motion of an imaged object or organ, such as the heart. In particular, projection data of the moving...
7382851 Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus  
A PET gantry and a CT gantry are placed in parallel such that the CT gantry becomes remoter to a common examination couch having a movable couch table top board mounted with a subject person and...
7379615 Method for space-time filtering of noise in radiography  
To reduce the fluoroscopic noise in an image I acquired at a date t, the pixels of this image are paired with the pixels of an image I′ acquired at a date t−1. For a pixel with coordinates...
7379576 Method and system for patient identification in 3D digital medical images  
A method of identifying a patient from digital medical images includes providing a first digital image volume of an organ of a patient and a second digital image volume of the same organ,...
7379575 Method for post- reconstructive correction of images of a computer tomograph  
The present invention relates to a method for correction of images recorded by a computer tomograph in which, from projection data of the computer tomograph a 2D or 3D image is reconstructed and...
7379534 X-ray CT image production method and X-ray CT system  
A method to reconstruct an image by utilizing a plurality of projection data items acquired with X-rays that pass through the same pixel location in the same scan field while being transmitted...
7379525 Method and system for efficient helical cone-beam reconstruction  
A method for reconstructing cone-beam projection data is provided. The method comprises scanning an object in helical mode, wherein the scanning comprises obtaining cone-beam projection data. The...
7379524 Computer tomography scanner  
A CT scanner includes a gantry supporting an x-ray source and an x-ray detector. A motor in the gantry controls rotation of the gantry relative to a mounting plate from which the gantry is...
7378660 Computer program, method, and system for hybrid CT attenuation correction  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer program, method, and system to facilitate hybrid CT attenuation correction. In one embodiment, the method generally includes acquiring data...
7376255 System and method for image reconstruction  
A method for reconstructing image data acquired by a computed tomography system is provided. The method comprises selecting a portion of image data to be reconstructed and determining a...
7376213 CT image reconstruction through employment of function that describes interpreted movement of source around particular point of object  
A CT system in an example comprises an x-ray source, a detector, a data acquisition system (DAS), and a computer. The x-ray source emits a beam of x-rays toward an object to be imaged. The detector...
7374338 Gantry for a computed tomography apparatus and method for cooling a gantry  
A gantry for a computed tomography apparatus has a rotary carriage that is rotatable around an axis and a support ring arranged around the rotary carriage with a circumferential cooling channel....
7374337 Releasably interconnected CT and SPECT scanners  
Arrangement for taking a CT scan and a SPECT scan of a patient in a single-pass diagnostic procedure. A SPECT scanner and a CT scanner are included. The SPECT scanner is mounted on a SPECT gantry...
7372937 Systems and methods of non-standard spiral cone-beam computed tomograpy (CT)  
Provided herein are methods of reconstructing an image from projection data provided by a tomography scanner that is based on geometric optics comprising scanning an object in a cone-beam imaging...