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7620443 |
X-ray CT imaging method and X-ray CT device
An X-ray CT apparatus can be configured such that an amount of artifacts of a tomographic image of a heart is reduced. For example, the X-ray CT apparatus can include detecting means for detecting...
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7620230 |
Image carrier for storing X-ray information, and a system for processing an image carrier
The invention relates to an image carrier for the storage of X-ray information, including an electronic memory for the storage of data, as well as a corresponding system for the processing of such...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7609871 |
Automatic region of interest locator for AP spinal images and for hip images in bone densitometry
In DEXA (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry), a system for automatically or nearly so identifying a region of interest in an AP (anterior/posterior) spinal image by processing the pixel values within...
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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...
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7607079 |
Multi-input reporting and editing tool
The present invention relates to a multi-input reporting and editing tool, which performs as a dynamic instrument to allow multiple users' input into creating a report, such that end-users may...
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7606406 |
Imaging method and apparatus
When an operator presses an exposure switch in step S 104 , X-ray imaging is executed. Radiation field recognition is performed in step S 105 . In step S 106 , density adjustment is performed by...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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7602955 |
Osteoporosis diagnosis aiding apparatus utilizing panoramic radiographs
The present invention provides an osteoporosis diagnosis aiding apparatus that utilizes a panoramic radiograph. A digitalized image of the panoramic radiograph enters a personal computer (S 210 )....
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7599542 |
System and method for detection and display of diseases and abnormalities using confidence imaging
The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for improved detection and display of abnormal regions in mammals such as tumors, lesions, and other abnormalities...
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7599541 |
Radiographic apparatus and radiographic method
A radiographic method and apparatus determine the presence/absence of an afterimage and notify a user to erase the afterimage only when it is necessary instead of erasing the afterimage every time...
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7599536 |
Optimizing image signal interpretation for analog image signals from medical image recording devices
A method for optimizing the interpretation of analog image signals or sequences of image signals output by medical image recording devices. The correlation of consecutively recorded image signals...
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7597663 |
Adjunctive ultrasound processing and display for breast cancer screening
An adjunctive ultrasound mammography system and associated methods are described comprising an adjunctive ultrasound display configured for quick, intuitive, interactive viewing of data derived...
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7593562 |
Method and system for computer aided detection (CAD) cued reading of medical images
A method and system for Computer Aided Detection (CAD) of abnormalities in X-ray images in which the features and/or criteria used in the CAD analysis are displayed as coded descriptors on the...
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7593561 |
Computer-aided detection of microcalcification clusters
A method for computer-aided detection of microcalcification clusters using a digital computer obtains digital mammography data for a single view image and normalizes and filters the image data to...
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7593555 |
Method and unit for refining digital x-ray images
method for simplifying the adjustment of a digital x-ray device for the refinement of the x-ray images, and to an image refining unit for carrying out said method. According to the invention, a...
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7590442 |
Method for determining the position of an instrument with an x-ray system
The present invention relates to a method for determining the position of an instrument in a structure of an object with an x-ray system, in which a 3D image data record is provided for at least...
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7590272 |
Colon characteristic path registration
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for efficiently calculating a registration of multiple characteristic paths of a virtual three-dimensional object. Each path of...
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7590270 |
Method and apparatus for visualizing deposits in blood vessels, particularly in coronary vessels
A method and an apparatus are disclosed for visualizing deposits in blood vessels, particularly in coronary vessels. In such a method, 2D slice images may be reconstructed from the measurement...
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7587073 |
Method and apparatus for a medical image processing system
Disclosed is a medical image processing system comprising a medical image storage server for storing digital image data provided by means such as computerized tomography or magnetic resonance image...
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7583830 |
Method for correcting image artifacts due to detector overexposure in computed tomography
In a method for reconstructing a 3D CT image from a number of 2D projection images each 2D projection image is divided at an arbitrarily selectable position by a substantially vertical image line...
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7583829 |
Method and apparatus for embolism analysis
Disclosed is an automated technique for analyzing the affected region due to an embolism in an organ. A segmented image of the organ vasculature is generated using image volume data received, for...
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7577284 |
Optical detection of dental caries
A method for caries detection uses an image capture device ( 30, 32 ) to obtain fluorescence image data from the tooth ( 20 ) by illuminating the tooth to excite fluorescent emission. A first...
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7577282 |
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...
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7574253 |
Signal processing using non-linear regression with a sinusoidal model
A method for processing signals, such as a tomography signal, in the time domain provides both high spatial resolution and high frequency resolution but at low cost. The method uses non-linear...
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7574030 |
Automated digitized film slicing and registration tool
Film-based images can be scanned in a conventional manner, then digitally designated and “cut” from the digital file resulting from the scan. These selected images can then be collated and...
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7570792 |
Image processing apparatus and control method and program therefor
Information associated with the shape of an irradiation field candidate area is input from an operation panel. A second irradiation field recognition circuit performs irradiation field recognition...
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7570791 |
Method and apparatus for performing 2D to 3D registration
A method and apparatus for performing 2D to 3D registration includes an initialization step and a refinement step. The initialization step is directed to identifying an orientation and a position...
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7570787 |
X-ray inspection apparatus and method for creating an image processing procedure for the X-ray inspection apparatus
An X-ray inspection apparatus is provided with a shied box, a conveyor, an X-ray irradiator, an X-ray line sensor, a monitor, and a control computer to enable the apparatus to inspect an article by...
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7567732 |
Image resolution conversion
Methods to convert the resolution of digital images have been achieved. The methods invented support the decrease or the increase of the resolution of digital images, even enlargement in one...
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7561728 |
Detection of intervertebral disk orientation in spine images using curve evolution
A computer-implemented method for vertebrae segmentation includes providing an image of a plurality of vertebrae, and determining a seed in each of at least two adjacent vertebrae in the image. The...
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7558440 |
Image processing apparatus and method, photographing system, controlling method for the system, and computer-readable memory
This invention has as its object to provide an image processing system and a control method for the system, a photographing system and a control method for the system, and a computer-readable...
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7558438 |
System for synthesizing divisional images based on information indicating relationship between a series of divisional images
An image synthesizing system for synthesizing more than one item of divisional image data respectively representing more than one divisional image of more than one portion of an object. The more...
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7548640 |
Method and apparatus for calibration and correction of gray levels in images
A method and apparatus for calibrating an apparatus that acquires a sequence of radiographic images and correcting images of an object under observation. For each image of a sequence acquired by...
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7545968 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes an image processing circuit having a first mode that corrects an offset between a first image and a second image that are adjacent to each other to synthesize...
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7542621 |
Method of digital simulation of image support rendering
A method of simulation of a recording support rendering called target rendering is provided. The method includes the following successive steps: a) the digitization of images ( 12 ) captured on a...
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7542602 |
Digital image processing of medical images
A method is disclosed for processing a digital medical image using a computer with a display for viewing an input digital medical image The method includes steps of: accessing the input digital...
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7532942 |
Method and apparatus for generating a technologist quality assurance scorecard
The present invention provides a quality assurance system and method that generates a quality assurance (QA) scorecard for technologists that use digital devices in a radiological-based medical...
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7532214 |
Automated medical image visualization using volume rendering with local histograms
Methods and apparatus are configured to provide data to render (medical) images using direct volume rendering by electronically analyzing a medical volume data set associated with a patient that is...
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7522756 |
Method, system and apparatus for processing radiographic images of scanned objects
A method, system and apparatus for processing a radiographic image of a scanned object is disclosed. A pixel offset correction is performed in integer format on the radiographic image using...
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7519212 |
Three-dimensional reconstructions of a breast from two X-ray mammographics
Methods are described for the production of a three-dimensional reconstruction of a undeformed object from two different views of the object under deformation using a volume constraint and also by...
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7511721 |
Radiographic image connection processing method, radiographic image connection processing apparatus, computer program, and computer-readable recording medium
In a radiographic image connection processing method of connecting plural partial radiographic images, the partial radiographic images are selected, and if appropriate the operation mode is...
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