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7620447 Method for assessing the contraction synchronization of a heart  
A method for assessing the contraction synchronization of a heart of a patient using a set of tridimensional images of the heart, the heart having a contraction cycle, the set of tridimensional...
7620248 System and method for validating graphical components of images  
A system and method for improved validation of images is provided. Validation of any target image may be performed by creating a model of graphical components of a source image or a reference model...
7620229 Method and apparatus for aiding image interpretation and computer-readable recording medium storing program therefor  
In comparative image reading of projection images representing an observation target in two three-dimensional images of the same subject photographed at different times, alignment accuracy can be...
7620228 Method of dental microscopic procedure  
A method of dental microscopic procedure, using a digital surgical scope, includes steps for selecting a function of the digital surgical scope to perform, obtaining the corresponding images from...
7620227 Computer-aided detection system utilizing temporal analysis as a precursor to spatial analysis  
A computer-aided detection system for evaluating tissue based on a series of timed images acquired both before and after a contrast agent is administered performs a temporal analysis of the tissue...
7620226 Semi-local active contour for a faint region detection in knee CT images  
An exemplary method of detecting a structure in a three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (“CT”) knee image is provided. An intensity prior mask is created based on a two-dimensional (2D)...
7620225 Method for simple geometric visualization of tubular anatomical structures  
A method is disclosed for visualizing tubular anatomical structures from 3D recorded medical images, in particular coronary vessel structures, in the case of which segmented 3D image data of the...
7620224 Image display method and image display program  
A path 22 representing the center line of a curved cylinder 21 is acquired (step S 1 ). The path 22 can be set by a GUI while a volume rendering image displayed on a display device is viewed....
7620223 Method and system for registering pre-procedural images with intra-procedural images using a pre-computed knowledge base  
A system and method for registering pre-operative images of an object with an intra-operative image of the object is disclosed. Prior to an operative procedure, Digitally Reconstructed Radiographs...
7620222 Method, apparatus, and program for judging images  
Tumors are judged by a medical image diagnosis aiding apparatus that employs a computer, based on image patterns, which are obtained from the density values of images and which are inherent in...
7620221 System and method for enhancing an object of interest in noisy medical images  
The invention relates to a system and a method for detecting an object of interest in a sequence of medical images. Said viewing system comprises alarm detection means ( 20 ) for detecting a set of...
7620220 Scan conversion of medical imaging data from polar format to cartesian format  
The improved system and method converts medical imaging data in R-θ or polar format to a Cartesian format that is readily recognizable to the human eye. The system and method texturize or wrap the...
7619190 Tilting adjustable surface profilometer  
The invention relates to a tilting adjustable surface profilometer, comprising an apparatus capable of adjusting an image acquiring angle. The apparatus includes two types of frameworks. One is a...
7616801 Image handling and display in x-ray mammography and tomosynthesis  
A method and system for acquiring, processing, storing, and displaying x-ray mammograms Mp tomosynthesis images Tr representative of breast slices, and x-ray tomosynthesis projection images Tp...
7616798 Method for faster iterative reconstruction for converging collimation spect with depth dependent collimator response modeling  
A method of iteratively reconstructing images from data acquired by converging collimation SPECT, comprising the steps of dividing a reconstruction space into multiple iso-resolution zones that are...
7616797 Minutia detection from measurement of a human skull and identifying and profiling individuals from the human skull detection  
Individual information about a person's body part is obtained. The body part is defined to have reference points. A geometrical part is extended between those reference points, and characteristics...
7616796 System and method for sensor device manufacturer oriented calibration  
A system and method for providing image calibration data for calibrating a digital medical image are disclosed. The system comprises a computer-based platform hosting a medical imaging software...
7616795 Method for generating intermediate images when imaging with the aid of a tomographic imaging facility  
A method is disclosed for, such as with the aid of a tomographic imaging facility or in particular a computer tomograph, in a number of consecutive measurement scans, acquiring an object volume of...
7616794 System and method for automatic bone extraction from a medical image  
A system and method for automatic bone extraction from a medical image is provided. A method for automatically extracting a bone from a medical image, comprises: performing a thresholding on the...
7616793 Medical image review workstation with integrated content-based resource retrieval  
A review workstation for facilitating interpretation of a medical image by a user is described. The review workstation comprises a display device displaying the medical image to the user, and an...
7616792 Scale selection for anisotropic scale-space: application to volumetric tumor characterization  
A method for determining a structure in volumetric data includes determining an anisotropic scale-space for a local region around a given spatial local maximum, determining L-normalized scale-space...
7616791 Confidence determination  
The present invention relates to a method, a system, a neural network and a computer program product for determining the quality of an analytical process, preferably the confidence value. The...
7616790 Histological assessment of nuclear pleomorphism  
A method of histological assessment of nuclear pleomorphism to identify potential cell nuclei divides image data into overlapping sub-images. It uses principal component analysis to derive...
7616789 Method and apparatus for forming images and image furnishing service system  
In a first image forming method, a medical image of an object is inputted, and a normal structure image, which corresponds to the inputted medical image and represents a normal structure of the...
7615008 Processing and displaying breast ultrasound information  
Displaying breast ultrasound information on an interactive user interface is described, the user interface being useful in adjunctive ultrasound mammography environments and/or ultrasound-only...
7613348 Medical imaging system having an apparatus for compressing image data  
The invention relates to a medical imaging system having a generation apparatus for continuous image data from successive examination images, having an encoding apparatus for the image data for the...
7613337 Method and apparatus for identifying mole growth  
A mole analysis program generates a digital signature for a first mole, based on a digital image of first, second, and third moles. The program may then determine whether the first mole matches a...
7613336 Methods and apparatus for image recognition and dictation  
The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for producing and digitizing a number of images to create a digital library of images, providing an image from outside the digital library,...
7613335 Methods and devices useful for analyzing color medical images  
In one embodiment, a method that includes comparing a subject color medical image to normal color medical image data; and identifying abnormal pixels from the subject color medical image. Another...
7611466 Ultrasound system and method for measuring bladder wall thickness and mass  
An ultrasound transceiver scans an organ and processes the echogenic signals to produce three-dimensional, two-dimensional, and one-dimensional information of the organ. The 3-D, 2-D, and 1-D...
7609910 System and method for creating a panoramic view of a volumetric image  
A system and method for creating a panoramic projection of a volumetric image of an object is disclosed. A virtual camera is placed in a center of a cubic space within the object. Images obtained...
7609876 Virtual grid alignment of sub-volumes  
A computer-implemented method for aligning sub-volumes includes receiving a data volume, providing a plurality of parameters of the sub-volumes, and determining a start point of each of the two or...
7609870 Methods and systems for enhancing images  
Methods and systems for enhancing an image including a plurality of image pixels are provided. The method includes segmenting the image by comparing an image pixel CT number to a plurality of...
7609869 Processing method for a two-dimensional initial image and objects corresponding thereto  
A computer dismantles a two-dimensional initial image into partial images containing components that vary locally with partial image frequencies and a residual image containing a direct component...
7609868 Diagnostic imaging system and method providing information regarding blood flow in an anatomical anomaly  
An imaging diagnosis system for generation of a three-dimensional image data set of an examination subject has an image acquisition unit that acquires three-dimensional raw data of the examination...
7609867 Method for determining a three-dimensional structure from a two-dimensional image, in particular a bone structure  
The object of the invention is a process for determining the mechanical resistance of a bone from a digitized two dimensional image, obtained by imaging, characterized in that there is carried out...
7609854 Method for displaying medical image information dependent on a detected position of the observer  
In a method for representation of medical image information on a display medium an image representation parameter is varied dependent on the position of the observer. Superimpositions of data sets...
7609295 Image processing apparatus with easy switching between playback and still and moving image modes  
An image processing apparatus which processes image data includes a plurality of modes of operation for processing the image data; and a first manipulating member which is manipulated during a...
7606861 Medical network system and method for transfer of information  
The assembly and communication of multimedia information from a variety of modalities to remote users with improved control is provided for by the combined use of a browser enhancement module, such...
7606779 Methods and system for data aggregation of physical samples  
Systems and methods for aggregating and using data corresponding to physical samples in a virtual environment. The method includes receiving a first physical sample, sensing a first aspect of the...
7606405 Dynamic tumor diagnostic and treatment system  
A workstation imports medical images that depict a tumor and provides tools that enable a physician to see the results of prior therapies, plan future therapies, predict the outcome of future...
7606404 Method for optimizing procedures in radiological diagnostics  
In a method for optimization of procedures in radiological diagnostics on the basis of digital images (present on a computer of an image workstation) of the same or different modalities in...
7606403 Model-based fusion of scanning probe microscopic images for detection and identification of molecular structures  
In certain embodiments of the invention, a plurality of images of one or more subjects may be captured using different imaging techniques, such as different modalities of scanning probe microscopy....
7606402 Methods and systems for physiologic structure and event marking  
A medical imaging system includes image acquisition circuitry, a memory, and a processor coupled to the image acquisition circuitry and memory. The processor executes a physiologic marker program...
7606388 Contents border detection apparatus, monitoring method, and contents location detection method and program and storage medium therefor  
A contents border detection apparatus and monitoring method. The apparatus comprises a digital watermark detector for detecting a digital watermark embedded in contents for which a time element is...
7604595 Method and system for performing real time navigation of ultrasound volumetric data  
An ultrasound system is provided that includes a display processor that accesses data volumes stored in an image buffer successively to control generation of at least one of 2D and 3D renderings...
7603182 Ultrasonograph, work flow edition system, and ultrasonograph control method  
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic equipment 1 which projects ultrasonic signals into a patient, and which generates an ultrasonic image on the basis of reflection echoes...
7603154 Non-invasive left ventricular volume determination  
A method for calculating total left ventricular (LV) volume during a cardiac cycle includes estimating the LV volume using only endocardial contours in a cardiac 3D image that was acquired at end...
7602996 Microscope system and method  
A microscope system and method is described for determining a position of an area of an object within the complete object, wherein the image of the area of the object is contained within a field of...
7602981 Image storage and display system, maintenance system therefor, and image storage and display method  
The invention provides an image storage and display system including: an image storage server that includes an image file storing unit for storing image data; and image display terminals that are...