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7283858 |
Fluorescent-light image display method and apparatus therefor
An image containing data relating to the tissue-state and the tissue-form of a target area is displayed. A fluorescent-light image having two different wavelength bands of fluorescent-light is...
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7280862 |
System and method for automatically obtaining a digital image of a heart
A system and a method for obtaining a digital image of a heart of a person are provided. The system scans an internal anatomy of a chest region of the person to obtain scanning data. The system...
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7280861 |
Diagnosis and classification of disease and disability using low frequency magnetic field designed pulses (Cnps)
The invention is directed to the use of magnetic field designed pulses for the diagnoses and classification of severity of disease states and disability in humans and animals.
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7279894 |
Method and magnetic resonance tomography apparatus for location coding with a non-linear gradient field
A nuclear magnetic resonance tomography apparatus has gradient coils that superimpose at least one gradient field on a basic magnetic field transversely to a coding direction, with an overall...
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7280683 |
Method, code, and system for assaying joint deformity
A method, machine-readable storage medium embodying computer-readable code and automated system for assaying or monitoring the extent of joint or bone deformity reported by a summarized score that...
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7280863 |
System and method for radar-assisted catheter guidance and control
A Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging (CGCI) system whereby a magnetic tip attached to a surgical tool is detected, displayed and influenced positionally so as to allow diagnostic and therapeutic...
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7274325 |
Optimized method of performing spatial transformation
A method of spatial transformation, such as scan conversion, uses a packed data table. The raw data and the data table are read sequentially, and the resulting image is computed.
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7270637 |
Device for and method of measuring blood flow using bio-photon emission
A device for and a method of measuring a blood flow of a living body having blood vessels that emit bio-photons and through which blood flows, the device including a detector positioned adjacent to...
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7272429 |
Methods and apparatus for facilitating a reduction in artifacts
A method for facilitating a reduction in artifacts includes receiving data regarding a first energy spectrum of a scan of an object, and receiving data regarding a second energy spectrum of a scan...
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7260426 |
Method and apparatus for tracking an internal target region without an implanted fiducial
A method and apparatus for locating an internal target region during treatment without implanted fiducials is presented. The method comprises producing a plurality of first images that show an...
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7257436 |
Apparatus for generating radiation application synchronizing signal
The level of a respiration signal obtained from a laser sensor or the like is indicated on a respiration monitor according to an output condition set by synchronizing signal output control device....
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7251521 |
Motion sensing MRI local coil
A motion sensing MRI coil allows correction of motion-induced image artifacts by the MRI machine or on a machine independent basis using correction circuitry associated with the coil.
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7251519 |
MR-method for the in vivo measurement of temperature or pH-value by means of a hyperpolarised contrast agent
The present invention provides a method of MR investigation of a sample, said method comprising: (i) nuclear spin polarizing a high T1 MR imaging agent which contains in its molecular structure at...
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7250922 |
Medical image diagnosis apparatus having a plurality of monitors
A medical image diagnosis apparatus, comprises an image generator, a display, and a mechanism. The image generator is configured to generate a medical image. The display comprises a plurality of...
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7245958 |
Trigonometric depth gauge for biopsy needle
Apparatus for determining a proper insertion depth of a biopsy needle to be inserted at a selected point on the body of a patient so that a sampling end of the needle just reaches to a designated...
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7245959 |
Imaging catheter for use inside a guiding catheter
An imaging catheter which is constructed to be inserted into a guiding catheter having a small outer diameter, such as 5 French, such that a standard guidewire and imaging catheter are...
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7239907 |
Diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and operation controlling method thereof
By using the input unit, a condition previously regarded necessary, for example, some parameter values of a plurality of frequencies are registered as a group. The registered parameter values are...
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7239908 |
Assessing the condition of a joint and devising treatment
Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint, particularly a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the...
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7239906 |
Magnetic resonance imaging system including a transpolar fixture
A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided with a fixture which can be mounted to the static field magnet within the patient-receiving space of the magnet. The fixture can support and...
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7239909 |
Imaging system using diffuse infrared light
An imaging system illuminates body tissue with infrared light to enhance visibility of subcutaneous blood vessels, and generates a video image of the body tissue and the subcutaneous blood vessels...
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7236817 |
Animation technology
A method for creating an animated image of the bones of a body part is described. The steps include converting Computed Axial Tomography (CAT or CT) scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)...
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7236567 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing operation of an x-ray system and a magnetic system
An x-ray apparatus has a flat panel x-ray detector, the operation of which is susceptible to interference by strong magnetic fields. In order to allow the x-ray system to be operated concurrently...
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7236815 |
Method for probabilistically classifying tissue in vitro and in vivo using fluorescence spectroscopy
Fluorescence spectral data acquired from tissues in vivo or in vitro is processed in accordance with a multivariate statistical method to achieve the ability to probabilistically classify tissue in...
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7233820 |
Endoscope structures and techniques for navigating to a target in branched structure
Systems and methods employing a small guage steerable catheter ( 30 ) including a locatable guide ( 32 ) with a sheath ( 40 ), particularly as an enhancement to a bronchoscope ( 14 ). A typical...
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7231243 |
Optical methods for tissue analysis
The invention relates to methods and systems to optically analyze samples such as tissue based on speckle patterns of microscopic motion, such as Brownian motion.
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7226415 |
Microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector
The microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector includes a low power pulsed microwave transmitter with a broad-band antenna for producing a directional beam of microwaves, an index of refraction matching...
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7225010 |
System and method for confocal imaging within dermal tissue
An improved system for confocal imaging within dermal tissue of a patient is provided which minimizes instability in confocal images by reducing the relative motion of the tissue with respect to...
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7225011 |
Heart modeling using a template
A device, a method and a computer program to model and report an anatomic structure, for example for coronary angiography is provided. The graphical editor models and reports the...
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7225012 |
Methods and systems for image-guided surgical interventions
Featured is a system to determine the three-dimensional position and orientation of an effector (a needle, probe, or other medical instrument) relative to a subject using cross-sectional images...
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7221972 |
Ultrasound system with protocol-driven user interface
The embodiments described herein relate to stepping through the stages of a protocol using an input device and a protocol controller for a medical diagnostic imaging system. The protocol controller...
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7222000 |
Mobile videoconferencing platform with automatic shut-off features
A remote controlled robot system that includes a robot and a remote control station. A user can control movement of the robot from the remote control station. The remote control station may...
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7218767 |
Method of improving the resolution of a medical nuclear image
The invention relates to a method of improving the precision of a medical nuclear SPECT or PET image in which notably a nuclear sectional image (n) can be superposed on a two-dimensional ultrasound...
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7217245 |
Noninvasive methods for detecting abnormalities in a subject such as disease or dysfunction
The systems, methods and apparatus of the present invention comprise noninvasive methods of measuring temperature changes and rates of temperature change in selected body tissues and fluids as a...
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7218993 |
Robot system and autonomous mobile robot
A robot system is provided and includes an autonomous mobile robot. In the system in which monitoring is performed using the autonomous mobile robot which travels along a predetermined path, an...
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7211060 |
Ultrasound bandages
Ultrasound bandages ( 10 ) and ultrasound transducer array bandages are provided herein to accelerate the healing of wounds by positioning the ultrasound bandages ( 10 ) and ultrasound transducer...
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7212661 |
Image data navigation method and apparatus
A technique is provided for generating scout or navigational images based upon a series of related images. The related images are analyzed to compute pixels of scout images, such as by determining...
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7209776 |
Method of determining the position of the articular point of a joint
A non-invasive method for determining the articular point of a joint is disclosed. The method uses a surgical navigation system having a stereoscopic cameras which tracks the positions of infrared...
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7208748 |
Programmable particle scatterer for radiation therapy beam formation
Interposing a programmable path length of one or more materials into a particle beam modulates scattering angle and beam range in a predetermined manner to create a predetermined spread out Bragg...
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7206628 |
Method and apparatus for improving the vessel/tissue contrast in time-of-flight angiography of a magnetic resonance tomography measurement
In a method and apparatus for improving the vessel/tissue contrast in time-of-flight angiography with a magnetic resonance tomography measurement, a sequence of radiofrequency excitation pulses is...
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7206627 |
System and method for intra-operative haptic planning of a medical procedure
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, attractive haptic objects are associated with a target region for performing a medical procedure and repulsive haptic objects are...
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7206626 |
System and method for haptic sculpting of physical objects
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for haptic sculpting of a physical object using a haptic device comprises defining a haptic object for aiding in the sculpting of...
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7200430 |
Localized two-dimensional shift correlated MR spectroscopy of human brain
A two-dimensional (2D) chemical shift correlated MR spectroscopic (COSY) sequence integrated into a new volume localization technique (90°-180°-90°) for whole body MR Spectroscopy. Using the...
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7197353 |
Sensitivity encoding MRI acquisition method
A sensitivity encoding method (SENSE) is used to acquire an MR image having a reduced field of view. The number of aliased replicates caused by surrounding object boundaries is calculated for each...
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7197354 |
System for determining the position and orientation of a catheter
Electromagnetic field detector located within a catheter, for determining the position and orientation of the catheter according to an electromagnetic field generated in the vicinity of the...
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7197171 |
Nuclear imaging
A method for producing a nuclear medicine image utilizing emission data in an iterative reconstruction process. The starting point for the iterative process is based on internal structure...
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7197404 |
Computation of radiating particle and wave distributions using a generalized discrete field constructed from representative ray sets
The present system and method for simulating particles and waves is useful for calculations involving nuclear and full spectrum radiation transport, quantum particle transport, plasma transport and...
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7194123 |
Method of detecting abnormal pattern candidates
Processing for detecting an abnormal pattern candidate embedded in a medical image having been obtained from an image recording operation is performed on an image signal representing the medical...
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7194295 |
Medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning with the assistance of generic patient data
The invention relates to a method for computer-assisted medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning, wherein the current position of a patient or a part of a patient's body and the...
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7194118 |
System for optically sectioning and mapping surgically excised tissue
A display ( 34 ) provides from digital images of an excised tissue specimen the orientation and location of tissue and regions of interest (cancers). Images of slices through excised specimen are...
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7194297 |
Impedance-matching apparatus and construction for intravascular device
Intravascular device for matching impedances of portions of an intravascular circuit and limiting RF signal-induced heating of intravascular conductors. An intravascular device includes alternating...
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