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7366559 Nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus and method for assessing whole body composition  
A method is disclosed for measuring whole body composition. The method includes confining movement of the body to a selected volume, inducing a static magnetic field in the volume, inducing a...
7361145 Block-switching in ultrasound imaging  
Systems of generating and manipulating an ultrasound beam are disclosed. The system uses selective sets of ultrasound elements to generate an ultrasound beam, scanning the beam over a series of...
7356172 Methods and systems for motion tracking  
Systems and methods are described for tracking motion in a medical imaging system. The methods use landmark sets including hard landmarks and soft landmarks. The systems can include means for...
7356367 Computer aided treatment planning and visualization with image registration and fusion  
A computer based system and method of visualizing a region using multiple image data sets is provided. The method includes acquiring first volumetric image data of a region and acquiring at least...
7353056 Optimized switching configurations for reconfigurable arrays of sensor elements  
The reconfigurable ultrasound array disclosed herein is one that allows groups of subelements to be connected together dynamically so that the shape of the resulting element can be made to match...
7349729 Magnetic resonance imaging of different chemical species in a system having magnetic field heterogeneities  
A multi-point chemical species (e.g., water, fat) separation process which is compatible with rapid gradient echo imaging such as SSFP uses an iterative least squares method that decomposes water...
7346382 Brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods  
This document discusses, among other things, brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods, such as for deep brain stimulation (DBS) or other electrical stimulation. A model computes a...
7346381 Method and apparatus for medical intervention procedure planning  
An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning includes a medical scanner system for generating a volume of cardiac image data, a data acquisition system for acquiring the...
7346203 Methods and apparatus for processing image data to aid in detecting disease  
A method for detecting, quantifying, staging, reporting, and/or tracking of a disease includes providing analysis software configured to detect, quantify, stage, report, and/or track a disease...
7346429 Mobile robot hybrid communication link  
A mobile robot communication system includes a remote unit, a repeater module and a control station. A cable connects the repeater module to the control station. The remote unit has a wireless...
7346383 Method for acquiring MRI data from variable fields of view during continuous table motion  
MRA data is acquired from a large region of interest by translating the patient through the bore of the MRI system as a three-dimensional MRA data set are acquired. The pulse sequence is altered...
7343190 System and method for assessing fetal abnormality based on landmarks  
A method and system for assessing fetal abnormality based on landmarks. According to one embodiment, at least two coordinates are received for each of a plurality of points identifying a...
7343194 Method and apparatus for performing neuroimaging  
In one aspect, a restraining assembly for an awake animal within a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device is provided and includes a body restrainer having a first part and a second part that hold...
7343189 Method and device for placing a patient repeatedly into the same relative position  
The invention relates to a method for repositioning a patient in a diagnostic/therapeutic system, as well as to such a system, wherein a repeated, accurate repositioning is achieved by producing...
7340291 Medical apparatus for tracking movement of a bone fragment in a displayed image  
A medical apparatus has a data processing device for storing an image dataset of the body of a subject and a navigation system for determining the position of a medical instrument relative to the...
7336989 System and method for quantitative or qualitative measurement of exogenous substances in tissue and other materials using laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy  
Methods and systems for determination of one or more substances within a material are described. A flow of fluorescence-exciting/ablative energy (e.g., laser pulse(s), preferably in the ultraviolet...
7336810 Skin evaluation method and image simulation method  
A skin beauty evaluation method for imaging an object such as human face to obtain digital image data, extracting data on a mirror reflection light component of each pixel from the digital image...
7336988 Multi-photon endoscopy  
An apparatus includes an optical element, a GRIN lens, and a detector. The optical element has a first optical aperture. The GRIN lens has first and second ends. The first end of the GRIN lens is...
7333845 Non-invasive imaging for determination of global tissue characteristics  
Evaluating tissue characteristics including identification of injured tissue or alteration of the ratios of native tissue components such as shifting the amounts of normal myocytes and fibrotic...
7333846 Method and apparatus for functional magnetic resonance imaging  
In a method and a magnetic resonance apparatus for functional imaging, a number of images without and with a designational stimulation of the examination subject are sequentially registered in...
7331967 Surgical instrument coupling mechanism  
A surgical apparatus includes a slider mechanism, a surgical instrument coupled to the slider mechanism, and a single cable bundle that couples the slider mechanism and instrument to a driver. The...
7330745 Living body photometric device  
By making use of a set of loading of stimulation and no loading, variation signals in time of hemoglobin density at a plurality of measurement points of a subject attached of an optical measurement...
7328054 Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging using encoded RF tagging pulses  
A perfusion image is produced by acquiring a series of time course MR images from an imaging slice. During the acquisition spins flowing into the slice are repeatedly tagged with an RF tagging...
7327306 RF system for tracking objects  
A system for tracking an object in space for position, comprises a transponder device connectable to the object. The transponder device has one or several transponder aerial(s) and a transponder...
7324843 Medical imaging device for use in a safety critical environment  
The invention relates to a medical imaging device which includes a central control unit and a number of peripheral devices connected to the central control unit, one or more of the peripheral...
7324842 Atlas and methods for segmentation and alignment of anatomical data  
The present invention provides an atlas comprising values representative of magnetic resonance properties of a magnetic resonance (MR) scan and optionally, prior probability data relating to tissue...
7319896 Capsule endoscope  
A capsule endoscope is disclosed that includes a light source, an objective optical system that forms an image of an object that is illuminated by the light source, an image pickup device that...
7319897 Localization device display method and apparatus  
A localization device display method and apparatus for displaying different views, e.g., of different magnification, based on the proximity of the tip of a pointer tracked by the localization...
7319782 Real-time imaging and analysis system  
A sub-surface imaging system includes a broadband set of coherent beams with low divergence angle. It further includes an optical processing system which provides a probe and a reference beam,...
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...
7315755 Systems and methods for communicating a protocol over a network  
The present invention aims at permitting numerous user terminals to share protocols as common resources. A vendor terminal or user terminal registers a pair of a protocol and a medical image, which...
7310547 Fluorescent fiberoptic probe for tissue health discrimination  
A system and method for the in situ discrimination of healthy and diseased tissue. A fiberoptic based probe is employed to direct ultraviolet illumination onto a tissue specimen and to collect the...
7308297 Cardiac imaging system and method for quantification of desynchrony of ventricles for biventricular pacing  
A method for quantifying cardiac desynchrony of the right and left ventricles includes obtaining cardiac acquisition data from a medical imaging system, and determining a movement profile from the...
7308296 Precision illumination methods and systems  
Methods and systems are provided for illuminating body part with LED system. A system includes a LED system, a medical instrument and a microprocessor. The LED system is adapted to generate a...
7308295 Compilation of image information and mammography apparatus for performing biopsy  
A mammography apparatus has a bracket having one of its arms fitted with an X-ray tube head. The X-ray tube head is formed of an X-ray tube for producing X-radiation and a collimator for...
7302286 Method and apparatus for the three-dimensional presentation of an examination region of a patient in the form of a 3D reconstruction image  
In a method and apparatus for the three-dimensional presentation of an examination region of a patient in the form of a 3D reconstruction image, a preoperatively acquired 3D image dataset of the...
7301535 3D summary display for reporting of organ tumors  
A computer-implemented method for visualizing a tumor in a volume data includes providing a plurality of tumors, detected and segmented from the volume data, storing locations of a plurality of...
7302289 Readable probe array for in-vivo use  
A disposable high density optically readable polydeoxynucleotide array with integral fluorescence excitation and fluorescence emission channels is described. The compact array size allows...
7302287 Methods of detecting inflammation of an epithelium layer in the oral region with a probe using diffuse-reflectance spectroscopy  
The invention provides a device and method for monitoring inflammation of the epithelium. The device consists of a head region, a handle region and an optical bundle. At least two of the optical...
7298143 Reduction of susceptibility artifacts in subencoded single-shot magnetic resonance imaging  
In a magnetic resonance imaging method an echo train is generated of successive magnetic resonance signals from an object to be examined. The magnetic resonance signals are received with a degree...
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;...
7298819 Flexible treatment planning  
A flexible treatment planning system configured to enable the user to utilize both forward planning and inverse planning techniques is described.
7298879 Computer-aided detection of lung nodules  
The invention relates to a method and a device for forming an image of body structures from an image data set, notably for highlighting potential nodular structures (KI; KA) in a lung. The problem...
7295870 Method for the detection and automatic characterization of nodules in a tomographic image and a system of medical imaging by tomodensimetry  
For the automatic detection and characterization of nodules in a tomographic image of an anatomical zone of a patient, the image is segmented for identifying therein a region of interest, and the...
7294106 Cable-free medical detection and treatment system  
A system for medical detection and treatment comprising a number of treatment and/or detection devices which exchange data with each other within the context of a medical treatment, in particular a...
7289131 Method of rendering a graphics image  
A method of rendering a graphics image in which rendering is only carried out in a region to be changed is disclosed. In a preferred form the image includes a plurality of objects and the method...
7289839 Implantable marker with a leadless signal transmitter compatible for use in magnetic resonance devices  
A leadless marker for localizing the position of a target within a patient. In one embodiment, the marker includes a casing, a resonating circuit, and a ferromagnetic element. The casing is...
7289841 Method and apparatus for volumetric cardiac computed tomography imaging  
In a diagnostic cardiac imaging session of a patient's heart using a computed tomography imaging scanner ( 10 ) and a cardiac cycle monitor ( 42 ), a diagnostic objective ( 100 ) is received....
7289885 Dual purpose media drive providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage library  
A dual purpose media drive exchanges data with removable media items. The drive includes at least one port to receive various control signals, including (1) data exchange commands directing the...
7286877 Device programmer with enclosed imaging capability  
Methods and electronic tools for imaging a chest region of a patient and communicating with a heart stimulation device used by the patient are disclosed. The electronic tool may include a...