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7596401 Method for expanding the domain of imaging software in a diagnostic work-up  
A method for expanding the domain of imaging software in a diagnostic work-up includes the steps of: imaging a patient's body parts for a first condition using a first imaging technique...
7593558 Method for movement-compensation in imaging  
In a method for mathematical compensation of a periodic movement of an organ in a first image-generation method used to image said organ, two time series of three-dimensional image data are...
7593762 System and method for automatically segmenting bones in computed tomography angiography data  
A system and method for automatically segmenting bone regions from Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) volume data is disclosed. A locally operated bone detector distinguishes between bone...
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...
7593761 Method and apparatus of determining and displaying an artifact index  
An apparatus and process for determining and displaying an artifact index (AI) to a system operator are provided. The AI is determined by acquiring and processing imaging data of a phantom. The AI...
7590441 Invasive medical device with position sensing and display  
Apparatus for performing a medical procedure on a tissue within a body of a subject includes a wireless tag configured to be fixed to the tissue and adapted to emit radiation, thereby causing first...
7589786 Multi-view imaging of a sample in a box  
Systems and methods are provided for taking images of a sample. The sample is placed in an imaging box comprising a moveable stage that allows images of the sample to be taken from various...
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...
7585273 Wireless determination of endoscope orientation  
Apparatus for performing a medical procedure includes an invasive probe having opposite distal and proximal ends. The probe includes a transmitter, which is arranged to transmit an energy field,...
7587075 Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses  
A method for producing a virtual forecasted model of a breast augmentation subject, comprising, receiving a preoperative subject's scanned image, wherein the scanned image comprises a three...
7587230 Method of using magnetic fields to uniformly induce electric fields for therapeutic purposes  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for delivering an electric field to a body by delivering a first magnetic field from a first coil in a first orientation to a body and directed...
7587291 Focusing of broadband acoustic signals using time-reversed acoustics  
A method for focusing broadband acoustic signals with flat spectral content based on Time-Reversed Acoustics (TRA) principle is disclosed. The method of the invention differs from the conventional...
7583820 Medical-use image data analyzing apparatus and method of analysis using the same  
A medical-use image data analyzing apparatus, aiming for detecting with a simple operation, presence or extent of difference in timing of movements among local portions as to facilitate diagnosis...
7580738 System providing visualization of magnetic field intensity variation  
To increase safety in the event of access to a total system 1 , in particular a medical system, with a field of high magnetic field intensity 3.1 , an optical signal is provided in the form of a...
7580737 Method and apparatus for determining treatment for stroke  
A method and apparatus for evaluating acute stroke patients and for determining whether a stroke patient will benefit from the use of thrombolysis therapy includes obtaining measurements of the...
7580739 System for detecting position of capsule endoscope in subject  
A system includes a device swallowed, passing through a subject, and including a constant magnetic field generator generating a constant magnetic field; and a position transducer. The position...
7580676 Electromagnetic coil array integrated into flat-panel detector  
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a flat-panel detector integrated with an electromagnetic coil array. The electromagnetic coil array is positioned inside of the flat-panel...
7580508 Integrated collimator handling system and method  
A collimator handling system for partially or fully automating the task of replacing and storing collimators in nuclear imaging systems. A collimator server stores a set of different collimators in...
7577281 Medical kinematic analysis apparatus and a medical kinematic analysis method  
A medical kinematic analysis apparatuses includes a tracking point coordinate acquiring unit to generate coordinate time series data representing a coordinate of a tracking point on a heart from...
7577471 Optical coherence tomography system  
An optical coherence tomography system includes a catheter in which is arranged a plurality of light conducting fibers. It further includes a plurality of optical units. Light from the proximal end...
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...
7574250 Image shifting apparatus and method for a telerobotic system  
An input device of a teleoperator system can be operatively associated with an image of a surgical worksite. Movement of the image may correspond to movement of the input device so that the...
7574247 Automatic coronary isolation using a n-MIP ray casting technique  
A novel method is presented for detecting coronary arteries as well as other peripheral vessels of the heart. After finding the location of the myocardium through a segmentation method, such as a...
7570986 Teniae coli guided navigation and registration for virtual colonoscopy  
A computer-assisted method for detecting surface features in a virtual colonoscopy. The method includes providing a three-dimensional construction of a computed tomography colonography surface;...
7570985 Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging using contrast agent  
Monitor scans are performed before imaging scans with respect to a patient injected with a contrast agent. Magnetic resonance images of a plurality of slices of the patient are acquired, usually...
7570802 Automated centerline detection algorithm for colon-like 3D surfaces  
A three dimensional image of the colon like surface is processed to determine at least its ring structure. The image is composed of vertex points, each vertex point having a discrete point...
7570984 Diagnostic imaging apparatus  
A diagnostic imaging apparatus of hand piece type suitable for medical or dental use, comprising a main body held by operator's fingers, a luminous means for irradiating at least one of lights...
7570063 Space-time microwave imaging for cancer detection  
Microwave imaging via space-time beamforming is carried out by transmitting microwave signals from multiple antenna locations into an individual to be examined and receiving the backscattered...
7570983 Method and data processing device to support diagnosis and/or therapy of a pathological change of a blood vessel  
In a method to support the diagnosis and/or therapy of a pathological change of a blood vessel of a patient, in particular in the context of coronary heart disease at a first point in time of a...
7567833 Enhanced illumination device and method  
A light source illuminates a field of interest that includes an illumination module capable of projecting illumination light to the field of interest and a light projector associated with the...
7567831 Respiratory measurement system and method related thereto  
A respiratory measurement system and a method for measuring respiratory motion are provided. The system includes a strapping device that is configured to be placed across a chest of a person. The...
7565190 Cardiac CT system and method for planning atrial fibrillation intervention  
A method for planning atrial fibrillation (AF) intervention for a patient includes obtaining acquisition data from a medical imaging system, and generating a 3D model of the left atrium and...
7561908 System and method for changing transmission from an in vivo sensing device  
A device and system enables obtaining data such as in vivo images from within body lumens or cavities, such as images of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. A device may include an imaging system and...
7558611 Automatic detection and quantification of coronary and aortic calcium  
An automated method measures coronary calcium in a living subject using x-ray computed tomography (CT). The method acquires at least one CT image containing voxels representing x-ray attenuation of...
7558618 Method for extracting images of vascular structure and blood flow from image sequences  
Periodic biological functions and their related anatomy that cannot be seen in image sequences using typical means, can nonetheless be made visible by demodulating the image sequence according to...
7558414 Iterative image reconstruction  
Systems and methods using an image produced by a constrained image reconstruction process as a constraint in a forward iterative reconstruction process are described. One example system may include...
7558609 Cerebral-ischemia supervisory monitor  
A cerebral-ischemia supervisory monitor includes: a pair of optical fibers which each have a tip part that can be placed substantially perpendicularly to an exterior surface of a cerebrum; an...
7555329 Method and apparatus for quantifying pharyngeal residue  
A method and apparatus for quantifying pharyngeal residue and aspiration of a patient by x-ray imaging of the patient's head and neck to produce a baseline image, applying an initial volume of...
7555331 Method for surgical navigation utilizing scale-invariant registration between a navigation system and a localization system  
A system for navigating a medical device through the lumens and cavities in an operating region in a subject, comprising an imaging system for displaying an image of the operating region, including...
7555332 Fluorescent light tomography  
Described herein are systems and methods for obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the distribution of fluorescent probes inside a sample, such as a mammal. Using a) fluorescent...
7555333 Integrated optical scanning image acquisition and display  
An apparatus and method for providing image acquisition and/or image display in a limited region of interest (ROI). The apparatus comprises a micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS), preferably...
7555155 Classifying image features  
Methods are disclosed for classifying different parts of a sample into respective classes based on an image stack that includes one or more images.
7551950 Optical apparatus and method of use for non-invasive tomographic scan of biological tissues  
The present invention relates to a non-invasive optical system equipped with optical tomographic scanning method and algorithm for quantifying scattering and absorption properties and chromophore...
7546776 Leak detector for detecting leak of liquid injected into blood vessel using pulse signal  
A leak detector sequentially emits pulse signals toward a human body at a position at which a needle is inserted, detects pulse signals reflected inside of the human body, and measures a time...
7546154 Method and apparatus for automatic detection of anomalies in vessel structures  
In a method and apparatus for fully automatic detection of anomalies in vessel structures, a 3D volume data set of an imaging 3D measurement of the vessel structure is obtained and, for an...
7545967 System and method for generating composite subtraction images for magnetic resonance imaging  
In time-resolved contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography, a measure quantifying image quality provides a basis for generating a linear filtered composite image by facilitating selection of...
7544327 Biosensor and method for bone mineral density measurement  
This invention is related a biosensor for bone mineral density measurement, comprising a stimulating source; a transducer having antibodies against TRAP 5a, TRAP 5b or total TRAP (i.e. TRAP 5a+TRAP...
7546156 Method of indexing biological imaging data using a three-dimensional body representation  
A system and method for managing imaging data related to a biological trait, including generating a three-dimensional representation of the external surface of the body a patient; obtaining the...
7541602 System and method for noninvasively monitoring conditions of a subject  
A method and system are presented for use in determining one or more parameters of a subject. A region of interest of the subject is irradiated with acoustic tagging radiation, which comprises at...
7542792 Methods for automatic protocol selection  
A method and apparatus for imaging a patient is provided. The method includes receiving patient information, automatically selecting an imaging protocol based on the received information, and...