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7623905 |
Method for production of computer-tomographic scans during an intervention
A method is disclosed for production of computer-tomographic scans via a CT system of a patient during an intervention with an instrument. An X-ray tube is moved on a rotation plane around the...
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7620444 |
Systems and methods for improving usability of images for medical applications
A method for retrospective internal gating is provided. The method includes scanning a patient to obtain projection data, generating images from the projection data, generating a signal...
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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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7620142 |
Method and apparatus for reducing x-ray dosage in CT imaging prescription
The present invention is directed to a networked scanner environment wherein each scanner is communicatable with one or more databases configured to store data associated with previously executed...
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7616985 |
Method and apparatus for 3-D imaging of internal light sources
The present invention provides systems and methods for obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of one or more light sources inside a sample, such as a mammal. Mammalian tissue is a turbid...
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7616984 |
Modification of the normalized difference method for real-time optical tomography
Computation-saving techniques and stability-adding techniques provide for fast, accurate reconstructions of a time series of images involving large-scale 3D problems, such as real-time image...
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7613500 |
Methods and apparatus for assisting cardiac resynchronization therapy
A method for assisting the planning of an interventional biventricular pacing procedure includes segmenting an image dataset of a heart of a patient to extract a surface of a left ventricle (LV)...
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7613498 |
Device for supporting a patient for computer tomographs
A device for supporting a patient is used with a computer-tomography (CT) device. The patient to be examined is to be introduced into an opening in a gantry of the CT device. The patient supporting...
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7613492 |
Apparatus for aligning an object being scanned in multi-modality systems
A method of examining a patient is provided. The method includes aligning a patient table with a first examination axis, and rotating the patient table around a substantially fixed pivot axis from...
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7609808 |
Application specific emission and transmission tomography
A compact and mobile gantry for 3-dimensional Application Specific Emission and/or Transmission Tomography (ASETT) imaging of the breast in single photon or coincidence emission modes, and single...
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7606614 |
Prediction methods and apparatus
A method includes predicting a contrast bolus arrival time, and performing at least one of the following: a) automatically switching from a monitor phase to a scan phase at the predicted arrival...
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7603167 |
Method and apparatus for 3-D imaging of internal light sources
The present invention provides systems and methods for obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) representation of one or more light sources inside a sample, such as a mammal. Mammalian tissue is a turbid...
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7603162 |
Imaging tomography apparatus with fluid-containing chambers forming out-of-balance compensating weights for a rotating part
An imaging tomography apparatus, in particular an x-ray tomography apparatus or an ultrasound tomography apparatus, has a stationary unit with a sensor for measurement of an out-of-balance...
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7603158 |
Current density impedance imaging (CDII)
A method for non-invasive mapping (imaging) of the electrical impedance of an object. The present invention provides a method, current density impedance imaging (CDII) which produces an impedance...
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7603154 |
Non-invasive left ventricular volume determination
A method for calculating total left ventricular (LV) volume during a cardiac cycle includes estimating the LV volume using only endocardial contours in a cardiac 3D image that was acquired at end...
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7599731 |
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...
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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...
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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...
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7587235 |
Method for assigning digital image information to the navigational data of a medical navigation system
A method for assigning digital image information to the navigational data of a medical navigation system is provided. The method includes:
producing digital image information from a digital...
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7586501 |
Simultaneous projection of multi-branched vessels and their context on a single image
System and methods of displaying one or more vessels, particularly blood vessels and more particularly coronary arteries, are disclosed. Each of the one or more vessels is associated with an...
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7582283 |
Contrast agents to improve gastrointestinal tract opacification during abdominal and pelvic CT scans
Methods of imaging a portion of a body of a patient are provided. In the methods, a contrast agent including an iso-osmotic contrast agent is administered to the patient. In a preferred embodiment,...
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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...
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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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7574249 |
Device-less gating of physiological movement for improved image detection
A method of imaging an object using a medical imaging system is provided. The imaging method acquires a stream of sinogram data. Changes in the stream of sinogram data corresponding to movement of...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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7558680 |
Characterisation of progressive system dysfunction
Methods and systems of measuring progressive multilateral dysfunction of a system are provided. Methods of measuring progressive multilateral dysfunction of a system include, obtaining a plurality...
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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...
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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...
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7551759 |
Target identification using time-based data sets
A system includes acquisition of a first image of a portion of a body, the first image representing the portion during a first phase of motion, acquisition of a second image of the portion of the...
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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...
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7536219 |
4D imaging with a C-arm X-ray system
The present invention utilizes external motion sensors to determine a periodic motion of a patient being examined when generating a series of projected images with a C-arm X-ray device....
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7519412 |
Highly constrained image reconstruction method
An image reconstruction method includes reconstructing a composite image of a subject using a conventional reconstruction method. The composite image employs the best information available...
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7505803 |
System or method for examining a patient by means of an imaging medical diagnostic equipment
In order to enable patient data to be reliably taken into account in a simple manner for examination by means of an imaging medical diagnostic equipment of a patient positionable on a table top of...
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7496399 |
Method and device for examining the skin
For an improved method for examining the skin of a proband, in particular as part of a skin cancer screening examination or a skin cancer therapy, it is provided that an epiluminescence microscopy...
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7489799 |
Method and apparatus for image reconstruction using data decomposition for all or portions of the processing flow
A method and apparatus for processing raw image data to create processed images. Raw image data is acquired. The raw image data is decomposed by a data decomposer into N subsets of raw image data....
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7486072 |
Parallel multiple coil MR scanning method and MRI apparatus with flow compensation in a calibration scan including a calibration of a coil sensitivity of each coil
The present invention provides an MR scanning method and an MRI apparatus for decreasing the artifacts while improving the signal from within the blood vessels in the parallel imaging. In the...
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7477928 |
Method and system for associating an EKG waveform with a CT image
A method for associating EKG waveform data with computed tomography image data using a data synchronization scheme including generating the EKG waveform data using an electrocardiogram device,...
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7477771 |
Method and system for extracting information about the cardiac cycle from CT projection data
A method for extracting information of a cardiac cycle from projection data is presented. The method provides for acquiring one or more sets of computed tomography (CT) projection data. Further,...
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7462155 |
Objective determination of chronic pain in patients
A method for objectively determining if a patient suffers chronic pain by initially observing a multiplicity of persons who are free of chronic pain and subjecting them to a given pain stimulus....
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7447341 |
Methods and systems for computer aided targeting
A method for acquiring an image on an imaging system includes accessing at least first image data from a first imaging system, processing the first image data in accordance with a CAD algorithm,...
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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...
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7406148 |
Method for imaging with the aid of a multirow computed tomograph
A method is for imaging with the aid of a multirow computed tomograph. A volume scan of an examination area of a patient is carried out, with the injection of a contrast medium, at a scanning speed...
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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...
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7383163 |
Method, device and computer product for making an individual model of a jaw-bone
The invention relates to a method, a device and a computer software for making an individual model of a jawbone, which are particularly useful in the development of dental implants or pre-operative...
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7379574 |
Quantification of vascular irregularity
A method to quantify the vascular irregularity of aortoiliac arteries is provided. Inner wall and/or outer wall outlines of a vessel of interest are determined. The cross sectional area is...
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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...
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7365745 |
Method of rendering a surface from a solid graphical image
A method for transforming solid, three-dimensional image data into three-dimensional surface data first smoothes the surface of the solid image by removing extraneous voxels both attached to main...
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7346199 |
Anatomic triangulation
A method for providing image correlation between the images displayed on a PACS system, the method including the steps of: displaying a first image from a first stack of images and a second image...
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