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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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7603165 |
Method for acquiring PET and CT images
A combined PET and X-Ray CT tomograph for acquiring CT and PET images sequentially in a single device, overcoming alignment problems due to internal organ movement, variations in scanner bed...
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7580508 |
Integrated collimator handling system and method
A collimator handling system for partially or fully automating the task of replacing and storing collimators in nuclear imaging systems. A collimator server stores a set of different collimators in...
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7576344 |
Target positioner
A target positioner including a radiation source disposed in a source housing, the radiation source adapted to emit a radiation beam, a target holder adapted to be attached to and generally...
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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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7569809 |
Flow-drive for dynamic phantom
Apparatus and method for simulating tracer interaction with living tissue. A chamber receives a fluid therein, and includes an inlet conduit for conducting the fluid into the chamber, an outlet...
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7532922 |
System and method for translating medical imaging system patient tables
A system and method for translating a patient table is described. The described patient table includes a linearly translatable portion, a drive screw assembly, a power transmission assembly, and a...
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7531818 |
Multiple room radiation treatment system
The present invention refers to a radiation system ( 1 ) comprising an excentric gantry ( 100 ) arranged in connection with multiple treatment rooms ( 61 - 68 ) separated by radiation-shielding...
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7526331 |
Enhanced cardiac radionuclide imaging techniques
A cardiac imaging technique comprises (a) introducing a sufficient quantity of a not highly attenuating gas into the stomach of a patient to distend the stomach wall of the patient; and (b) while...
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7522952 |
Combined positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance tomography unit
A combined PET/MRI tomography unit has a PET unit with a unit part assigned to the examination space, and a first evaluation unit for evaluating the PET electric signals. The unit part has a gamma...
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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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7502641 |
Method for imaging the relative motion of skeletal segments
Methods and apparatus for measuring the movement of bones during joint motion in a subject using a motion table, an imaging device, and software program for tracking, calculating and graphing the...
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7486984 |
System and method for monochromatic x-ray beam therapy
In embodiments of the invention, a radiosensitizer or other agent is relatively uniformly accumulated in the cells of a tumor. An external monochromatic x-ray beam, which is tuned to a...
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7477930 |
Radiation emission control method, apparatus and program
A radiation emission control method, apparatus and the program capable of detecting respiratory phases of a test subject with constant accuracy and emitting radiation rays to the test subject in...
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7467008 |
Ectography multimodality imaging system for diagnosis and treatment
A system and method of integrating a nuclear medicine imaging device such as a gamma camera with a patient handling system where the nuclear medicine imaging system does not prevent full access to...
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7440790 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac activity
A method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac activity starting from a series of images of the heart made by X-rays. Attenuation of the X-rays is sampled on an area subject to repetitive...
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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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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...
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7394920 |
Automated computer-implemented method and system for reorienting emission computer tomographic myocardial perfusion images
An automated computer-implemented method for reorienting ECT myocardial perfusion images of a heart LV. The method includes receiving variously oriented tomographic images; receiving LV long-axis,...
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7392078 |
Radiation imaging apparatus
Obtainment of a present image, in which the arrangement of structural elements of a subject within the image approximates that of a past image of the same subject, and which is suitable for a...
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7373197 |
Methods and devices to expand applications of intraoperative radiation probes
Labeling, such as with radio pharmaceuticals, fluorescence emitting compounds or other probe detectable materials, of diseased or malfunctioning candidate cells for subsequent treatment with a...
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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...
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7286867 |
Combined PET/MRI scanner
A combined PET/MRI scanner generally includes a magnet for producing a magnetic field suitable for magnetic resonance imaging, a radiofrequency (RF) coil disposed within the magnetic field produced...
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7283861 |
Methods for modifying electrical currents in neuronal circuits
Disclosed herein are methods for modifying electrical currents in brain circuits through the simultaneous use of focused ultrasound pulse (FUP) and an existing brain-imaging system, such as a...
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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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7257191 |
Medical examination and treatment system
A medical examination and treatment system comprises a radiation source that emits particle radiation, an X-ray emitter located on one side of a target volume and diametrically opposite to the...
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7254438 |
Multimodality medical imaging system and method with intervening patient access area
The invention comprises a system and method for creating medical images of a subject patient using a plurality of imaging devices, such as tomographic imaging scanners. The system comprises a...
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7251523 |
Tomogram creating device and radiation examining apparatus
An X-ray CT examination using a radiation examining apparatus corresponding to an X-ray CT is effected on an unbreathed examinee. A tomogram creating apparatus creates a first tomogram, based on an...
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7200202 |
Linear accelerator with x-ray imaging elements mounted on rotating support
A system according to some embodiments may include a treatment head to emit treatment radiation, a gantry coupled to the treatment head, an x-ray tube to emit imaging radiation, an imaging device...
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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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7190991 |
Multi-mode internal imaging
The invention described herein provides systems and methods for multi-modal imaging with light and a second form of imaging. Light imaging involves the capture of low intensity light from a...
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7158823 |
Limited-angle frequency-distance resolution recovery in nuclear medicine imaging
A nuclear camera ( 10 ) includes a plurality of detector heads ( 12 ) which have collimators ( 14 ) for fixing the trajectory along which radiation is receivable. A rotating gantry ( 22 ) rotates...
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7149565 |
Tomogram creating method
An X-ray CT examination using a radiation examining apparatus corresponding to an X-ray CT is effected on an unbreathed examinee. A tomogram creating apparatus creates a first tomogram, based on an...
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7136692 |
Integrated audio visual system for nuclear medicine imaging systems
A nuclear medicine imaging system including a gantry disposed above a table with a photo detector mounted on the gantry for performing imaging. The table may be fixed beneath the gantry or movable....
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7126126 |
Compact conscious animal positron emission tomography scanner
A method of serially transferring annihilation information in a compact positron emission tomography (PET) scanner includes generating a time signal for an event, generating an address signal...
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7126125 |
Radiation detection apparatus
A radiation detection apparatus having a hand-held radiation detection probe with a switch assembly removably mounted thereon is hereinafter disclosed. The switch assembly having first and second...
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7110808 |
Method of optimizing radiosurgery and radiotherapy with metalloporphyrins
An apparatus and method for subsequent optimization of radiosurgery and radiotherapy is provided. The invention includes administering a metalloporphyrin to the patient, and then creating a...
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7094203 |
Medical imaging apparatus for detection of gamma rays and reflected ultrasonic waves
Gamma rays obtained from radioisotope administered to an examinee are detected by a gamma ray information-detecting unit so that a first tomographic image obtained therefrom is formed on a CRT....
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7069068 |
Method for determining haemodynamic indices by use of tomographic data
Haemodynamic indices of an organ or a part of tissue are determined from a time series of tomographic data obtained by means of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Maps of indices are produced, being...
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7038205 |
Probe apparatus with laser guiding for locating a source of radioactivity
A highly directional radiation probe with a laser guide to pinpoint the position of a source of radiation. The probe is configured with a lead pinhole collimator, a radiation detector configured to...
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7010340 |
Methods, systems, and associated implantable devices for dynamic monitoring of physiological and biological properties of tumors
Methods of monitoring and evaluating the status of a tumor undergoing treatment includes monitoring in vivo at least one physiological parameter associated with a tumor in a subject undergoing...
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6993376 |
Radiation measurement within the human body
A displacement difference dosimetry method is provided for use with in-vivo scintillating fiber radiation detectors. A scintillating fiber includes an insertion end which is incrementally inserted...
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6963771 |
Methods, systems, and associated implantable devices for radiation dose verification for therapies used to treat tumors
Methods and systems for evaluating external beam radiation therapy delivered to a subject include: (a) placing at least one wireless implantable sensor in a first subject at a target location; (b)...
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6928142 |
Non-invasive plaque detection using combined nuclear medicine and x-ray system
A diagnostic imaging system ( 20 ) comprising a computer workstation ( 26 ) for controlling the imaging system, interfacing with an operator and generating images. A coordinate system ( 100 ) is in...
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6920346 |
Pre-operative device for localizing marked tissues and process using such a device
A pre-operative device includes at least one elongated probe ( 1 ) integrating at least one element for detecting radioactive radiation ( 3 ) emitted by tissues ( 4 ) marked by radioactive isotopes...
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6909914 |
Method for generating time independent images of moving objects
A method for generating time independent images of moving objects with the image information being related to properties of the moving objects represented by sequences of digital images. The images...
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6908468 |
Devices for nuclear spin tomography magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
The subject invention relates to a material for magnetic resonance imaging, and apparatus incorporating such material. The subject material can comprise cobalt, nickel, and chromium and can be used...
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6882271 |
Automated medical imaging system repair diagnostics
The need for service repair calls for a medical imaging system is reduced by enabling the operator to diagnose and, at times, to repair system problems without calling a repair service. A system...
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6853857 |
Method, device and computer program for determining the blood flow in a tissue or organ region
In a method, a device and a computer program for determining the blood flow in a tissue or organ region, the fluorescence intensity of an exogenous chromophore is measured as a function of time in...
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6847838 |
Apparatus and method for high dose rate brachytherapy radiation treatment
A method and apparatus for the in vivo location and tracking of a radioactive seed source during and after brachytherapy treatment. The method comprises obtaining multiple views of the seed source...
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