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7430457 Robot teaching program editing apparatus based on voice input  
Candidate character strings representing objects disposed in a work cell, models for robot operation instructions which has variable parts, and robot commands related to the objects are defined in...
7428434 Quantitative broadband absorption and scattering spectroscopy in turbid media by combined frequency-domain and steady state methodologies  
A technique for measuring broadband near-infrared absorption spectra of turbid media that uses a combination of frequency-domain and steady-state reflectance methods. Most of the wavelength...
7426410 Spectroscopy of deeply-scattered light  
A spectroscope includes first and second beam redirectors in optical communication with first and second fibers respectively. The first and second beam redirectors are oriented to illuminate...
7424139 Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive systems, methods, and apparatuses  
The virtual surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses that provide for the prediction, evaluation, and validation of various cosmetic and reconstructive surgical procedures. The virtual surgery...
7421647 Gesture-based reporting method and system  
The present invention is directed to gesture-based reporting system and method, which includes a client computer with high-resolution image displaying device, and an input device which is a...
7418287 Magnetic resonance imaging method with accelerated data acquisition  
A method of dynamic magnetic resonance imaging comprising acquiring undersampled magnetic resonance signals for successive temporal time slots. In a space spanned by geometrical space and temporal...
7418286 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method  
In a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, in order to suppress generation of artifacts when a linear or non-linear phase error is generated during sampling of the echo signals, a first sequence...
7416533 Marking biopsy sites  
A needle biopsy system for marking a sampling site is described.
7413552 Method for subaqueous ultrasonic catastrophic irradiation of living tissue  
A fish killing and fish tissue sanitizing apparatus includes a tank, a water feed pipe extending to the tank, and an electromechanical transducer in pressure-wave transmitting relationship to the...
7412280 Systems and methods for analyzing an abnormality of an object  
In one embodiment, a method for analyzing at least one abnormality of an object is described. The method includes obtaining a first image containing an abnormality using a first modality, obtaining...
7409240 System and method for imaging myocardial infarction  
One aspect of the present invention relates to imaging a patient to determine whether he or she has suffered a myocardial infarction. According to this method, a patient is injected with a bolus...
7397475 Interactive atlas extracted from volume data  
A computer-implemented method for building an atlas includes providing a volume data for a plurality of bones, segmenting, individually, the plurality of bones from the volume data, storing...
7392076 System and method of registering image data to intra-operatively digitized landmarks  
A two dimensional image is registered with mechanical axis data, and possibly other data, using a surgical navigation system. This provides the user with additional graphical information on a...
7390671 Method of selective excitation for improving contrast in magnetic resonance imaging  
A method of magnetic resonance analysis of at least one type of molecules present in a solvent, the method comprises (a) applying a first radiofrequency pulse sequence selected so as to initially...
7386337 Correction of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements based on body lead levels  
Methods for correcting a bone density value for an effect of lead are disclosed. One method includes determining an apparent bone density in a patient; applying a correction factor to the apparent...
7383074 System and method for real-time localization for gated MR imaging  
A system and method for MR imaging is disclosed that includes displaying a series of MR images of an ROI in real-time and localizing a slice within the ROI. The method also includes using a...
7383073 Digital minimally invasive surgery system  
A software-integrated disposable kit contains a series of sterile packages which hold instrumented surgical tools, surgical accessories, user input computer controlling peripherals (e.g. mouse,...
7379573 Method and apparatus for processing images using three-dimensional ROI  
A plurality of images of a plurality of sections in an object are processed by using a ROI-specifying unit to specify a three-dimensional (3D) ROI (region of interest) at a region to be targeted in...
7377905 Method and device for subaqueous ultrasonic irradiation of living tissue  
Applicable to humans, animals and fish, a method for injecting thoroughly diffused ambient air or disinfectant into water prior to its delivery into a therapy tank plus an underwater PZT probe...
7374337 Releasably interconnected CT and SPECT scanners  
Arrangement for taking a CT scan and a SPECT scan of a patient in a single-pass diagnostic procedure. A SPECT scanner and a CT scanner are included. The SPECT scanner is mounted on a SPECT gantry...
7372988 Registration of scanning data acquired from different patient positions  
A system and method are provided for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object such as an organ using volume visualization techniques and exploring the image using a guided...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7336986 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus  
An apparatus includes acquiring means for acquiring echo data of a plurality of views in which a phase difference between water and fat is 2π/m with spins within a subject brought to the SSFP...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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