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5059415 Method for diagnostically imaging lesions in the brain inside a blood-brain barrier  
An improved method for diagnosing and characterizing brain lesions is described which first involves chemically modifying the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in order to increase BBB permeability....
5056524 Image processing method and system for radiological diagnostics  
A digital mask image is obtained by emitting radiation onto a subject before a contrast medium is injected in a blood vessel, and digital mask image data corresponding to the mask image is stored...
5048534 Method of and device for determining quantities characterizing the flow of a liquid in a vascular system  
A part of the vascular system which may be considered to consist of an entrance vessel (33), a reservoir (37) and an exit vessel (35) is arranged in an apparatus for making subtraction images by...
5046499 Method for myocardial infarct risk assessment  
The invention pertains to a method quantitative localization of antimyosin uptake in the myocardium of a patient as an indication of myocardial infarction from a plurality of planar projections...
5042488 Methods employing deuterium for obtaining direct, observable deuterium magnetic resonance images in vivo and in situ  
A method for in vivo and in situ NMR imaging of body organs or tissues employing direct, observable deuterium magnetic resonance images.
5040537 Method and apparatus for the measurement and medical treatment using an ultrasonic wave  
An ultrasonic measuring apparatus and method operating as an ultrasonic echocardiograph and a doppler blood flow speed meter by creating numerous microbubbles as a contrast medium or reflector only...
5029586 Image processing method and system for radiological diagnostics  
An estimating circuit estimates the thickness of the subject appearing on a mask image, by using the value of the thickness of a uniform material equivalent to a subject, with respect to each pixel...
5027817 Statistical based display for positron emission tomography scans  
In a medical imaging system a patient is injected with a radiopharmaceutical spontaneously emitting positrons and a PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan is taken along parallel planes of a...
5024231 Automated multi-point blood volume analyzer  
A multi-point method of determining a time-zero blood volume by the tracer dilution technique. A tracer is injected into the blood stream of a living being, and a plurality of mixed samples of...
5024232 Novel radiopaque heavy metal polymer complexes, compositions of matter and articles prepared therefrom  
Novel radiopaqaue materials comprise heavy metal salts, such as bismuth and uraniuim salts complexed with a polymer. The metallic complexes which are permanent, nonleachable and have radiopacities...
5024230 Dual flow/lambda display for xenon enhanced tomography  
A patient is disposed within a scan circle or examination region (62) of a CT scanner (B). As the patient starts breathing air from a xenon gas supply (A), a flow image and a lambda image are...
5014709 Method and apparatus for high resolution holographic imaging of biological tissue  
Apparatus and methods for high resolution holographic recordation and microscopic examination of the holographic image of biological tissue. A single beam Denisyuk holographic recordation of the...
5011677 Radioactive glass microspheres  
A radioactive microsphere for radiation therapy of a mammal comprising a biologically compatible glass material containing a beta or gamma emitting radioisotope distributed substantially uniformly...
4995396 Radioactive ray detecting endoscope  
A radioactive ray detecting endoscope comprises an elongated insertable part, an ultrasonic imaging apparatus provided in the tip part of the insertable part for transmitting ultrasonic waves...
4994012 Radiation-shielded holder for an injector  
A radiation-shielded injector comprises a cylinder of radiation shielding material having a cutout, a transparent radiation shielding plate being fitted to the cutout, a through-hole being provided...
4992255 Capillary depletion method for quantifying transcytosis through the blood-brain barrier  
A method for quantifying transcytosis through the blood-brain barier by infusing a perfusate into the brain of a living mammal. The perfusate includes a radio-labelled test compound and a...
4985232 Gastric emptying kit  
A solid meal gastric emptying kit comprising: (a) a first relatively small tagging container; (b) a first package of freeze-dried meat for tagging with TC 99m Sulfur Colloid; (c) a second...
4973306 Method of performing right coronary artery angiography  
An angiographic catheter includes a relatively soft, tip portion having a preformed curvature, and a resilient body portion extending therefrom having a preformed curvature in the opposite...
4967764 Pressure sensor element to measure contact stress  
A biological inplantable pressure sensor element comprises a fixed volume pouch formed by a sealed, flexible, impermeable membrane comprising therewithin a gel mass contained in a gel volume, said...
4947850 Method and apparatus for imaging an internal body portion of a host animal  
A method and associated apparatus for imaging an oxygen-containing, internal body portion of a host animal which comprises: (a) adding to a body fluid of the host animal a phosphorescent...
4932412 Intraoperative and endoscopic tumor detection and therapy  
Methods are provided for short-range intraoperative and endoscopic detection and therapy of tumors using radiolabeled antibodies and, in some cases, techniques for reducing or correcting for...
4930510 Parameterization for CT blood flow mapping with xenon gas enhancement  
A xenon gas system (B) introduces xenon gas into a patient's blood. The xenon concentration in the patient's blood is monitored (26) periodically as the concentration builds toward a saturation...
4909257 Method for attaining in vivo tissue-specific contrast by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging  
A method is provided for obtaining in vivo diferentiation of tissues in an animal by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging comprising the steps of introducing into the animal a complex comprising a...
4903705 Digital radiography apparatus  
A device for obtaining an image of a subject including a signal generating device including, for example, an X-ray generator for obtaining a signal representative of the subject, a detecting device...
4903693 Xenon inhalation apparatus  
A xenon inhalation apparatus for introducing a mixed gas of xenon and oxygen into the lungs of a patient includes a respiration face mask, bellows having exhalation and inhalation ports, storing...
4893627 Method for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging using deuterum as a contrast agent  
A method for in vivo NMR imaging of the blood vessels and organs of a patient characterized by using a dark dye-like imaging substance consisting essentially of a stable, high-purity concentration...
4891165 Device and method for encapsulating radioactive materials  
A capsule for encapsulating radioactive material for radiation treatment comprising two or more interfitting sleeves, wherein each sleeve comprises a closed bottom portion having a circumferential...
4887604 Apparatus for performing dual energy medical imaging  
An energy substraction medical imaging system which is used for imaging a body part impregnated with a radio-opaque dye such as iodine is provided. The system includes an electron beam target...
4883058 Right coronary angiographic method  
An angiographic catheter includes a relatively soft, tip portion having a preformed curvature, and a resilient body portion extending therefrom having a preformed curvature in the opposite...
4880007 Contrast agent for NMR scanning  
Complexes formed between (a) an amino di- or poly-phosphonate in which phosphonate groups comprise separate carbon atoms and (b) a paramagnetic metal ion such as Gd 3 +, have calcified tissue...
4880008 Vivo enhancement of NMR relaxivity  
A method of decreasing the NMR relaxation times (T 1 or T 2 ) of water protons in contact with a biological tissue, the method involving administering to a human patient an NMR contrast agent...
4861520 Capsule for radioactive source  
A drivable radioactive source capsule is provided which comprises a tubular body containing therein a plurality of radioactive sources. The said tubular body has a first end and a second end which...
4827938 Two-band optical comparator for use with chopped CW singlet oxygen monitor  
An improved apparatus and method for detecting singlet oxygen emission produced during photoradiation is disclosed. The invention utilizes a two-band optical comparator to detect optical emissions....
4815448 Mossbauer cancer therapy  
Frequency selective radiation therapy providing selective tissue damage or necrosis by irradiating a component element of the target tissue at the corresponding Mossbauer absorption frequency. The...
4813399 Process for the treatment of neurological or neuromuscular diseases and development  
The present invention describes a method for the treatment of neurological diseases and development and neuromuscular diseases and development with diagnostic applications to optimize the treatment...
4803977 Method and apparatus for the diagnosis of respiratory diseases and allergies  
Method and apparatus for coating the airways of the lung of a patient substantially uniformly with a mist formed by aspirating a liquid which includes restricting the maximum size of the particles...
4793358 Apparatus for measuring local cerebral blood flow  
A local cerebral blood flow measuring apparatus includes an expiratory tube arranged along a slice within a photography area of a gantry, and a sensor for detecting end of expiration. The...
4793357 CT blood flow mapping with xenon gas enhancement  
A xenon gas system (B) introduces xenon gas into a patients's blood. The xenon gas concentration in the patient's blood is monitored and the characteristics of the patient's blood absorption curve...
4789501 Glass microspheres  
A radioactive microsphere for radiation therapy of a mammal comprising a biologically compatible glass material containing a beta or gamma emitting radioisotope distributed substantially uniformly...
4787391 Anastomotic marking device and related method  
A sutureless, anastomotic marking device for the fluoroscopic localization of a coronary graft. Radiopaque indicators are circumferentially arranged around a centrally located opening in an...
4782828 Radioaerosol delivery apparatus  
A radioaerosol delivery apparatus particularly adapted for the subsequent disposal of radioactively contaminated elements is described.
4782840 Method for locating, differentiating, and removing neoplasms  
The present invention is addressed to a method for the improved localization, differentiation, and removal of neoplastic tissue in animals. In particular, one aspect of the present invention...
4781198 Biopsy tracer needle  
A method and apparatus for obtaining a sample of tissue from a human comprising, providing a source of gamma radiation in the tissue to be sampled, providing a biopsy tracer needle of a...
4779621 Xenon calibration phantom  
A xenon concentration phantom (A) is mounted in a CT scanner (B). A xenon/oxygen breathing gas mixture from a breathing gas supply system is (C) circulated through an analysis chamber (12) of the...
4770183 Biologically degradable superparamagnetic particles for use as nuclear magnetic resonance imaging agents  
This invention relates to an improved method for obtaining the in vivo MNR image of an organ or tissue of an animal or human subject. More specifically, this invention relates to the use of small...
4755375 Method and kit for the selective labeling of red blood cells in whole blood with TC-99M  
Disclosed herein are a method and kit for the preparation of 99m Tc labeled red blood cells using whole blood in a closed sterile system containing stannous tin in a form such that it will enter...
4755679 Method and apparatus for maximizing counts of a PET camera  
The method and apparatus of operating a positron emission tomography camera for measuring concentrations of positron emitting radioisotopes which measures radiation from a patient including true...
4745907 System and method for delivering insoluble materials into a living body  
To deliver a controlled dosage of an insoluble material into a living body, the material is provided in measured amounts in vials, and a system is provided for flushing the entire content of...
4741331 Disposable radioactive aerosol inhalation apparatus  
Aerosol inhalation apparatus for supplying an aerosol mist containing radioactive tagged particles and air to a person, includes a nebulizer for producing the aerosol mist; a filter having one end...
4729379 Digital subtraction-imaging apparatus utilizing cardiac-synchronized subtraction method  
In a digital subtraction imaging apparatus, the digital subtraction between mask images and contrast images is carried out in synchronism with cardiac beats of an object under medical examination...