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7359480 Neutron interrogation system using high gamma ray signature to detect contraband special nuclear materials in cargo  
A system for inspecting cargo for the presence of special nuclear material. The cargo is irradiated with neutrons. The neutrons produce fission products in the special nuclear material which...
7359481 X-ray image diagnostic device  
An x-ray diagnostic imaging system with an x-ray irradiation unit for irradiating an object; an x-ray diaphragm unit for shielding the irradiated x-rays except for the x-rays irradiated on a...
7356119 X-ray examination method and apparatus  
An X-ray examination method comprises setting a tube voltage of an X-ray tube to a tube voltage that makes an X-ray absorptance difference between a first X-ray propagation medium and a second...
7356123 X-ray device having a collimator, and method of setting the latter  
The present application relates to an X-ray device having an X-ray radiation source ( 7 ), a collimator ( 6 ) and an X-ray detector ( 4 ). The reduction in the radiation dose to which a patient ( 5...
7355183 Imaging device  
In order to monitor an imaging device for x-ray machines it is proposed that reference system data ( 19 ) be recorded in conjunction with a calibration ( 16 ) or offset acquisition and that current...
7349563 System and method for polyp visualization  
A system and method for determining a location and a direction for viewing a protrusion, comprising: casting a plurality of rays in an outward direction from a point, wherein the point is inside a...
RE40176 Apparatus and method for planning a stereotactic surgical procedure using coordinated fluoroscopy  
An apparatus and method is provided for coordinating two fluoroscope images, which permits accurate computer-based planning of the insertion point and angle of approach of a needle, drill, screw,...
7344307 System and method for integration of a calibration target into a C-arm  
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for improved calibration of an image acquisition device. Certain embodiments of the system include an image acquisition...
7344304 Self-alignment of radiographic imaging system  
An imaging system 10 is provided comprising an x-ray source 12 , a detector 14 , and an alignment device 38 adapted to align the detector 14 with the x-ray source 12 using an x-ray beam...
7342996 X-ray means for determining the location of malignant neoplasm and its radiotherapy  
The invention relates to a method of radiotherapy of a malignant neoplasm, defining a location of a malignant neoplasm, and a device for implementation the method, consisting in elimination of the...
7342999 Method and apparatus for generation of a digital x-ray image of an examination subject  
In a method and apparatus for generation of a digital x-ray image of an examination subject with an x-ray tube and a digital x-ray detector, a preliminary total dose required for correct exposure...
7340033 X-ray unit having an automatically adjustable collimator  
The invention relates to a method and a unit for automatically adjusting a collimator ( 6 ). In this connection, a region ( 9 ) of interest inside the body is determined in an application-specific...
7340026 Reconstruction of the current flow in a vessel system  
The invention relates to a method of reconstructing the current flow, or the bolus arrival times, in a vessel system. For the sections (i) of the vessel tree, bolus arrival times (m i ) are...
7336765 Portable system and method for non-intrusive radioscopic imaging  
Described herein is a portable, self-contained, electronic radioscopic imaging system that utilizes a multiple camera imager and advanced processing techniques to image suspicious containers. An...
7333590 Dual-source scanning-based detection of ionizing radiation  
A dual-source scanning-based radiation detecting apparatus comprises at least two radiation sources provided for emitting ionizing radiation of optionally different energies, direction sensitive...
7324627 Apparatus for measuring the momentum transfer spectrum of elastically scattered X-ray quanta and method of determining this momentum transfer spectrum  
An apparatus for measuring the momentum transfer spectrum of elastically scattered X-ray quanta includes an anode having a focus extended in Y-direction which emits X-radiation in the X-direction,...
7319739 Imaging method based on two different x-ray spectra  
A method is for imaging examination of an examination object. A contrast agent is administered to the object to be examined. At least two spatial distributions of X-ray attenuation values are...
7319733 System and method for imaging using monoenergetic X-ray sources  
An imaging system is provided for various non-invasive medical and non-medical imaging. The imaging system includes a tunable X-ray source for emitting X-rays having a substantially monoenergetic...
7315757 Radioscopy using Kα gadolinium emission  
The methods comprise detection of gadolinium in human tissues and organs by refining the position of malignant neoplasm and radiation treatment of the neoplasm in order to damage its cells. Refined...
7313225 Method and apparatus for generating of a digital x-ray image  
In a method and an apparatus for acquisition of a digital x-ray image of an examination subject with a digital x-ray receiver, the digital x-ray image being composed of a number of individual...
7302035 Scanning arm and train inspection system by imaging through radiation having the scanning arm  
A train inspection system by imaging through radiation, having a scanning arm positioned away from the track and supported on a construction base, and vibration damping elements positioned between...
7298881 Method, system, and computer software product for feature-based correlation of lesions from multiple images  
A method, system, and computer software product for correlating medical images, comprising: obtaining first image data representative of a first medical image including a first abnormality;...
7298820 Portal imaging using modulated treatment beam  
A radiation therapy system produces a treatment beam that is detected by an electronic portal imaging device (EPID) after it passes through the subject being treated. A chopper wheel modulates low...
7286636 Flat panel detector based slot scanning configuration  
The present invention relates to a diagnostic X-ray device, system or apparatus for performing diagnostic radiology and a method of configuring such a diagnostic X-ray device, system or apparatus....
7283614 X-ray diagnosis apparatus and method for creating image data  
An X-ray diagnosis apparatus and method for creating image data, wherein a plurality of sets of reference image data is created based on projection data obtained from a plurality of imaging...
7267482 X-ray diagnostic apparatus, imaging angle determination device, program storage medium, and method  
An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, a support mechanism which movably supports the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector, a storage unit which stores data of a...
7263165 Flat panel detector with KV/MV integration  
A radiation imaging device includes a detector capable of detecting radiation from either a KV source or an MV source. The detector includes a photodetector assembly, a scintillator adjacent to a...
7257190 Radiographic device and control method therefor  
A radiographic device includes a radiation source which generates radiation and a detector which detects radiation from the radiation source on a two-dimensional plane and outputs an image signal,...
7239245 Method and device for monitoring position of radioactive materials in vehicles  
A method and device for monitoring the position of radioactive materials in vehicles relates to a technical field of monitoring of radioactive materials. The method comprises following steps:...
7239908 Assessing the condition of a joint and devising treatment  
Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint, particularly a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the...
7236565 Tamper to delay motion and decrease ionization of a sample during short pulse x-ray imaging  
A system for x-ray imaging of a small sample comprising positioning a tamper so that it is operatively connected to the sample, directing short intense x-ray pulses onto the tamper and the sample,...
7236564 Linear array detector system and inspection method  
A linear array detector (LAD) for scanning an object is provided. The detector includes a scintillator layer configured for generating a number of optical signals representative of a fraction of an...
7236572 X-ray imaging apparatus with continuous, periodic movement of the radiation detector in the exposure plane  
An economical X-ray apparatus that allows a rapid exposure of comparatively large-format digital X-ray images has an exposure unit, with which a predetermined surface segment of an exposure plane...
7231076 ROI selection in image registration  
A method and system is presented for automatically selecting a region of interest (ROI) within an image of an object, for example when performing non-rigid image registration between the image and...
7231014 Multiple mode flat panel X-ray imaging system  
A flat panel X-ray imaging system capable of acquiring images at multiple frame rates with multiple fields of view.
7227982 Three-dimensional reprojection and backprojection methods and algorithms for implementation thereof  
Methods for three-dimensional projecting and backprojecting rays with respect to voxels/detector bins to attenuate/eliminate high-frequency artifacts, are disclosed. A distance-driven technique...
7221735 Radiographic image capturing apparatus, radiographic image display apparatus, and methods thereof  
In a radiographic image capturing apparatus for capturing radiographic images by controlling a radiation generator and a detection device for converting an intensity distribution of radiation...
7206374 Method and apparatus to generate an x-ray image of the female breast  
In a method and an apparatus to generate an x-ray image of the female breast, a digital image transducer is used as the x-ray receiver. In a first time segment, an exposure ensues of the entire...
7206377 Predictive organ dynamics database and code  
A method of treating a region of interest with radiation by taking a three-dimensional image volume of a region of interest of a patient, defining the three-dimensional image volume, determining...
7203274 Method and apparatus for multiple-projection, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scanning  
Methods and apparatuses for advanced, multiple-projection, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning systems include combinations of a conical collimator; a high-resolution two-dimensional...
7203271 Ionizing radiation imaging system and method with decreased radiation dose  
A system and method for imaging a volume having a detector including a first atomic species with an absorption edge at a first wavelength. The system also includes a source having a second atomic...
7197172 Decomposition of multi-energy scan projections using multi-step fitting  
A method of decomposition of projection data is provided, wherein such projection data includes input projection data acquired using at least two x-ray spectra for a scanned object, including low...
7188998 Systems and methods for quasi-simultaneous multi-planar x-ray imaging  
Systems and methods for obtaining two-dimensional images of an object, such as a patient, in multiple projection planes. In one aspect, the invention advantageously permits quasi-simultaneous image...
7190761 X-ray image radiographing method and radiographing apparatus  
A X-ray image radiographing method of detecting a X-ray image passing an object irradiated with X-ray emitted from a X-ray tube by a X-ray detector, includes a step of increasing a sharpness of an...
7187745 Method and apparatus for producing a computed tomography image of a periodically moving organ  
In a method and device for, generating computed tomography images of a periodically moving organ of an organism, the organ having regions with rest phases and movement phases and the rest phases of...
7186023 Slice image and/or dimensional image creating method  
Projection images of a calibration phantom are picked up and stored. Three-dimensional position information on an X-ray tube and an area detector is obtained from the projection images and...
7184516 Digital phase contrast X-ray radiographing system  
An X-ray image radiographing system for radiographing a subject is provided with an X-ray source to emit X-rays; a digital X-ray detector to detect a digital X-ray image of the subject, wherein the...
7180979 X-ray imaging system and imaging method  
The present invention provides an apparatus capable of X-ray imaging utilizing phase of X-rays. An X-ray imaging apparatus equipped with first and second diffraction gratings and an X-ray image...
7180042 Radiographic image input apparatus which obtains image correction values based on a size or version of a radiographic recording member  
An image input apparatus which includes a detection section ( 10 ) to detect radiographic image from a recording member ( 4 ) having radiographic image information recorded thereon, and reads the...
7174038 Method for antiscatter stationary grid artifacts detection and attenuation in digital radiographic images  
A method for detecting and attenuating grid artifacts in a digital radiographic image comprising; providing an input digital radiographic image; processing the input digital radiographic image with...