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7016464 |
Radiographic imaging system and method
The invention relates generally to systems and methods for processing radiographic and other medical-related images (collectively “imaging system” or simply the “system”). More...
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7016458 |
Tomographic apparatus and method
An apparatus for obtaining tomographic data of an object comprises a radiation source ( 50 ), a detector ( 42 ) comprising multiple line detectors ( 41 ), an object region ( 53 ) arranged in the...
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7012603 |
Motion artifact detection and correction
An apparatus and method are provided for motion artifact detection and correction, where an apparatus includes a scanning device for receiving two-dimensional image slices of an object, a rendering...
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7010091 |
Photodetecting means, X-ray sensing method, X-ray sensing apparatus, and photoelectric conversion element
An X-ray sensing apparatus with which reduction is achieved in the amount of electric power consumed to drive an X-ray sensor, including: a sensing unit including a plurality of photoelectric...
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7003072 |
Method for localizing a target in an object
A method for localizing a target (e.g., a tumor) in an object (e.g. human tissue) by scanning the object with an X-ray beam. The X-ray beam is translated and simultaneously rotated during the scan,...
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6999555 |
Systems and methods for processing data
A method for processing data in a radiation procedure includes obtaining operation data, and formatting the operation data into a set of image data, wherein the operation data comprises one or a...
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6975894 |
Digital topological analysis of trabecular bone MR images and prediction of osteoporosis fractures
The invention provides method, system and device for determining trabecular bone structure and strength by digital topological analysis, and offers, for the first time, a demonstration of superior...
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6968035 |
System to present focused radiation treatment area
A system includes presentation of a view of portions of structures that would be intercepted by a path of radiation during radiation treatment from a perspective of a location. The radiation enters...
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6965409 |
Image input apparatus having photoelectric conversion devices bonded to a light guide member
In order to satisfy all requirements for an apparatus, namely performance associated with high resolution and moving images, wide sensor effective area, and reductions in the size and cost of the...
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6959067 |
X-ray imaging method and a 3D-rotational X-ray apparatus for applying this method
An X-ray imaging method comprises forming 2-dimensional X-ray images of an object to be examined, for example the coronary vascular system of a patient, and reconstruction of a 3-dimensional volume...
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6956927 |
Radiation therapy planning device
With regard to a radiation therapy planning device, the radiation planning fluoroscopic image shown on the screen of an image display monitor 6 is a large field fluoroscopic image P in which an...
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6950494 |
Method for converting CT data to linear attenuation coefficient map data
A method for converting output data from a computer tomography (CT) device to linear attenuation coefficient data includes a step of receiving output pixel data from a CT device for a pixel of a CT...
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6947521 |
Imaging method based on attenuation, refraction and ultra-small-angle-scattering of x-rays
A method for detecting an image of an object by measuring the intensity at a plurality of positions of a transmitted beam of x-ray radiation emitted from the object as a function of angle within...
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6944269 |
Medical imaging examination facility
A medical imaging examination device has an X-ray source, a reception unit for receiving the X-rays that penetrate a patient, an operating device for operation of the examination device by an...
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6944265 |
Image pasting using geometry measurement and a flat-panel detector
A device for use in image pasting is described. The device includes a digital x-ray detector capable of automatic digital imaging without the use of an image intensifier; the detector preferably...
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6934355 |
Method of and system for decreasing x-ray exposure times in full field digital mammography
A method of and system for decreasing X-ray exposure time in a full field digital mammography (FFDM) system is designed so that the size of the focal spot image in the image plane is dimensioned as...
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6934357 |
Methods and apparatus for motion compensation in image reconstruction
A method for facilitating a reduction in motion artifacts includes comparing two sequential scanned images to determine motion.
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6934356 |
System and method for dynamic generation of a single user interface for displaying and entry of medical imaging configuration data
A system and method for dynamically generating an interface includes a hierarchical organization data file defining a hierarchical organization of subsystems of a medical imaging scanner and at...
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6931099 |
High-energy X-ray imaging device and method therefor
The present invention relates to a high-energy X-ray imaging device that is suitable for precise medical diagnosis and capable of enhancing the accuracy of nondestructive examinations. The...
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6931094 |
Methods and systems for smoothing
A method for smoothing is described. The method includes generating original projection data, and smoothing the original projection data based on variations in a current that is synchronous with...
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6928140 |
Golf ball inspection using metal markers
A method for inspecting a golf ball comprising the steps of providing a golf ball comprising a core and a cover; providing at least one flat reference marker; abutting the golf ball against at...
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6920198 |
Methods and apparatus for processing a fluoroscopic image
A method for processing a fluoroscopic image includes generating a lag prediction model, scanning an object at a first radiation dosage with an imaging system including at least one radiation...
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6912467 |
Method for estimation of size and analysis of connectivity of bodies in 2- and 3-dimensional data
A method for performing region growing in a data volume that accounts for noise in the data on a probabilistic basis. The data volume is divided into discrete cells, and a probability distribution...
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6907103 |
Capturing images of moving objects with a moving illumination point source
An imaging system that is capable of capturing images of moving objects as they are moving with minimal blurring by moving a point source of illumination such that the position from which...
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6907104 |
Computer-controlled X-ray imaging device
The invention relates to an X-ray examination device which is designed to automatically process one or a series of X-ray examinations. The automatic processing in this device relates to all phases...
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6904121 |
Fourier based method, apparatus, and medium for optimal reconstruction in digital tomosynthesis
A method reconstructs 3-dimensional information of an object from projection images of said object acquired by a digital tomosynthesis system having an x-ray source following a trajectory relative...
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6904124 |
Indirect programming of detector framing node
A real time imaging system includes a programmable detector framing node controlling generation of radiation and controlling radioscopic image detection. Radioscopic image data is acquired and...
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6893157 |
Radiation image obtaining system and radiation image detector
A radiation image obtaining system that detects a radiation image of a subject by irradiation of radiation which has passed through the subject and a grid, in which a position of a radiation source...
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6895072 |
Apparatus and method for non-destructive inspection of material in containers
An apparatus and method for non-destructive inspection of materials housed in containers ( 16 ) involves orienting an X-ray beam emitter ( 10 ) and detector ( 14 ) to direct and detect an X-ray...
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6895076 |
Methods and apparatus for multiple image acquisition on a digital detector
An x-ray system is controlled to obtain a view of an area of a patient that is larger than a field of view of an x-ray detector. Individual images are obtained of portions of the area of the...
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6891922 |
Methods and apparatus for the classification of nodules
A method for detection and classification of nodules (N) in a tomographic image of an anatomical zone of a patient includes segmenting the image to identify therein a region of interest including...
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6891923 |
Radiation sensing apparatus
A scheme for enabling proper radiation sensing to be performed without establishing a synchronous connection by generating radioscopic and sensing timings of an image sensor, includes a timing...
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6870896 |
Dark-field phase contrast imaging
A method of imaging an object that includes subjecting an object to a beam of radiation that is directed along a first direction and analyzing a first portion of the beam of radiation that is...
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6865252 |
X-ray diagnostic imaging apparatus
An X-ray diagnostic imaging apparatus including an input device which inputs a desired visual field size, and a method for setting a detection field size of an image intensifier I.I. and a...
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6865250 |
High pitch cardiac helical scan with extended reconstruction windows
A method for image reconstruction and reducing patient dose, and an imaging system for accomplishing these methods, includes selecting a primary phase of a cardiac cycle and calculating compromised...
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6859516 |
Method for examining structures on a semiconductor substrate
The invention is based on a method for examining structures on a semiconductor substrate. The structures are imaged with X-radiation in an X-ray microscope. The wavelength of the X-radiation is...
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6856827 |
Fluoroscopic tracking and visualization system
A system for surgical imaging and display of tissue structures of a patient, including a display and an image processor for displaying such images in coordination with a tool image to facilitate...
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6847697 |
Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, program and a recording medium thereof
A medical image processor for reading a medical image obtained through radiographing and for outputting the medical image to plural output devices. The medical image processor includes: a...
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6836570 |
Method for contrast-enhancement of digital portal images
A method for enhancing the image contrast of digital portal images for presentation on an output medium comprising: providing an input digital portal image having radiation and collimation fields;...
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6827489 |
Low-dose exposure aided positioning (LEAP) for digital radiography
A system and method for improved imaging of a patient through the use of low-dose exposure aided positioning is provided. The patient is positioned in the X-ray system and them imaged with a...
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6823204 |
Method of imaging the blood flow in a vascular tree
The invention relates to a method of imaging a vascular tree that yields additional information concerning the vascular tree. To this end, a sequence of clusters is determined from spatially...
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6823044 |
System for collecting multiple x-ray image exposures of a sample using a sparse configuration
An x-ray imaging system includes an x-ray source for projecting imaging radiation onto a sampled object that is secured by a support member and a detector support assembly having multiple detecting...
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6814489 |
3D reconstruction system and method utilizing a variable X-ray source to image distance
A medical imaging system comprises a C-arm unit having an x-ray source for generating x-rays and a receptor for obtaining image exposures from received x-rays. The C-arm unit moves the x-ray source...
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6811310 |
Methods and devices for analysis of X-ray images
The present invention relates to methods and devices for analyzing x-ray images. In particular, devices, methods and algorithms are provided that allow for the accurate and reliable evaluation of...
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6804324 |
X-ray phase contrast imaging using a fabry-perot interferometer concept
An analyzer that includes a first multilayer structure, a spacer material deposited on the first multilayer structure and a second multilayer structure deposited on the spacer material.
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6804326 |
X-ray diagnostic installation and high-resolution data storage method therefor
In a method and an X-ray diagnostic installation for storing X-ray images, during a pulsed transillumination, new image datasets are produced averaging a number of temporally successive X-ray image...
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6801597 |
Method and system for creating task-dependent three-dimensional images
A system and method for producing three-dimensional representations of an object. A first series of projected images of the selected object is recorded in a first projection plane and a second...
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6793390 |
Method for automatic arrangement determination of partial radiation images for reconstructing a stitched full image
A method for automatic arrangement determination of partial radiation images for reconstructing a stitched full image. At least two radiation sub-images of an elongated object are acquired and...
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6792070 |
Radiation image recording method and apparatus
Radiation is irradiated to an object, and the radiation, which carries image information of the object, is detected at a plurality of positions for image recording, which are set at different...
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6792071 |
Method of performing geometric measurements on digital radiological images
A digital image representation of a radiological image is acquired and applied to a display device connected to a computer and displayed. A measurement scheme is retrieved from the computer and...
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