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US20130243151 |
PORTABLE X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SCANNER
The present invention provides a portable x-ray CT scanner for generating diagnostically meaningful images of a subject, such as a patient's cranium. The system includes a gantry ring which is... |
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US20130121457 |
Patient Positioning System
A system includes acquisition of a three-dimensional computed tomography image of a patient volume at a computed tomography scanner, acquisition of projection images of the patient volume located... |
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US20120020449 |
Intensity modulated arc therapy with continuous couch rotation/shift and simultaneous cone beam imaging
A system for radiotherapy that includes a couch upon which a patient being treated by the system is positioned, the couch having continuous arc rotation for delivery accelerated irradiation to the... |
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US20110046725 |
METHOD OF IMAGING FOR HEART VALVE IMPLANT PROCEDURE
A method as a workflow for imaging for a heart valve implant procedure includes positioning the patient and an articulated imaging apparatus relative to one another, inducing rapid ventricular... |
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US20100246752 |
DYNAMIC COLLIMATION IN CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TO REDUCE PATIENT EXPOSURE
When performing a fly-by or helical CT scan of a subject, radiation dose is limited by positioning a dynamic collimator (142) between the subject and an X-ray source (112). The collimator moves... |
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US20140119496 |
COMPACT MICROBEAM RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH
The present subject matter relates to compact, non-synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) systems and methods for cancer research and treatment based on a carbon nanotube distributed x-ray... |
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US20100329413 |
COMPACT MICROBEAM RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH
The present subject matter relates to compact, non-synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) systems and methods for cancer research and treatment based on a carbon nanotube distributed x-ray... |
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US20120148132 |
GENERATING AN ESTIMATE OF PATIENT RADIATION DOSE FROM MEDICAL IMAGING SCANS
Techniques are disclosed for estimating patient radiation exposure during computerized tomography (CT) scans. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide efficient approaches for... |
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US20110059413 |
METHOD FOR DERIVING SHAPE INFORMATION
A method for deriving shape information of a person's skull and dentition, comprising the steps of: taking an impression of the person's dentition, taking a first scan of the person's head, while... |
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US20120041298 |
Methods and Apparatus for Aligning Antennas of Low-Powered Intra - and Extra - Oral Electronic Wireless Devices
A method and system of aligning antennas of an intra-oral and extra-oral electronic wireless device is provided. Three-dimensional anatomical data of at least a portion of an oral cavity of a... |
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US20120300895 |
DENTAL IMAGING APPARATUS
The invention relates to a dental imaging apparatus which includes an x-ray imaging means and at least one colour camera for photographing the face of a patient positioned at the imaging station... |
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US20130188767 |
Radiotherapy Apparatus
Intra-fraction movement of the patient puts at risk sensitive regions that are near to a radiation dose. In a radiotherapy system that delivers a dose as a series of discrete sub-doses, an initial... |
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US20130189243 |
BIOMARKERS FOR ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke. The invention further provides methods and compositions for distinguishing acute ischemic stroke... |
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US20140321602 |
IMAGING SYSTEM GANTRY
An imaging system (100) includes a stationary gantry (102), a rotating gantry (104) that rotates around an examination region about a z-axis, an annular support (106) that is statically affixed to... |
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US20120002780 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREATHING ADAPTED IMAGING
A method is provided for imaging a portion of a patient that moves as a patient breathes. A motion map is produced of the portion's motion during a breathing cycle of the patient. A scanning... |
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US20150036787 |
COLLIMATOR AND INSPECTING SYSTEM USING THE SAME
Disclosed are a collimator and an inspecting system using the same. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a collimator for setting a radiation irradiation range, the... |
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US20150257718 |
REALTIME IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY OF MICROSCOPIC DISEASE
Disclosed herein are methods, systems and therapeutics concerning radiotherapy of microscopic disease based on realtime imaging. The system comprises an intra-corporeal component and an... |
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US20120214121 |
Orthodontic Treatment Integrating Optical Scanning and CT Scan Data
A process for creating a dental model to avoid periodontal defects during planned dental work includes obtaining CT scan data and optical scan data of a patient's dentition and integrating the CT... |
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US20130177131 |
COLLIMATOR AND CT EQUIPMENT COMPRISING THE SAME
An X-ray collimator has a collimation plate, and a shielding box made of a tungsten plastic composite, the shielding box having an opening on the top and the bottom thereof respectively, and a... |
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US20150196263 |
ANATOMICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WITH CENTIPEDE SCANNING DRIVE, BOTTOM NOTCH TO ACCOMMODATE BASE OF PATIENT SUPPORT, AND MOTORIZED DRIVE FOR TRANSPORTING THE SYSTEM BETWEEN SCANNING LOCATIONS
An imaging system comprising: a scanner for scanning an object and creating an image of the same; anda transport mechanism mounted to the scanner for moving the scanner, wherein the transport... |
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US20150196264 |
Method and System for Bone Fracture Risk Assessment
A method and system for quantitatively evaluating bone fracture risk in a living being are provided that generate a value for an index indicative of a degree of bone fracture risk. In one... |
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US20130235969 |
Patient Alignment in MRI Guided Radiation Therapy
Apparatus for radiation therapy combines a patient table, an MRI and a radiation treatment apparatus mounted in a common treatment room with the MR magnet movable through a radiation shielded door... |
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US20130044855 |
MEDICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING APPARATUS FOR IMAGING EXTREMITIES
The invention relates to a medical computed tomography imaging apparatus for imaging extremities, which apparatus includes a support construction (1) which is arranged to support a substantially... |
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US20140205060 |
MAMMOGRAPHY DETECTOR HAVING MULTIPLE SENSORS, AND MAMMOGRAPHY DEVICE CAPABLE OF 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION
The present invention relates to a mammography detector consisting of a mammography detector having multiple sensors, such as a high resolution sensor for detecting very small lesions, a high... |
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US20090141853 |
PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR CT SCANNING MACHINE
The protective shield protects a computerized tomography (CT) scanning machine from liquids and other contaminants that may spill or leak during the scanning process. The protective shield, for... |
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US20140294138 |
OUT OF PLANE ARTIFACT REDUCTION IN DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS AND CT
Reduction of artifacts in digital breast tomosynthesis and in computed tomography. Because of the limited angular range acquisition in DBT the reconstructed slices have reduced resolution in... |
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US20080112531 |
Method and Assembly for CBCT Type X-Ray Imaging
The invention relates to an assembly for executing a cone-beam X-ray imaging process. The assembly comprises in the path of X-radiation at least two reference markers (26), which comprise... |
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US20120195403 |
TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING
Systems and methods for providing radiographic, stereoscopic and tomographic images of an object of interest. Examples of objects of interest are body parts of living beings, such as the human... |
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US20110301449 |
Radiation Treatment Delivery System With Translatable Ring Gantry
Systems, methods, and related computer program products for image-guided radiation treatment (IGRT) are described. For one preferred embodiment, an IGRT apparatus is provided comprising a ring... |
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US20110280364 |
Medical examination device for CT imaging and for nuclear medical imaging
A medical examination device for CT imaging and for nuclear medical imaging is provided. The medical examination device has an essentially ring-shaped gantry with a CT imaging arrangement and a... |
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US20110200164 |
X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
An imaging system combines CT and XRD measurements, both measuring the XRD diffraction and the absorption as a function of energy. A goniometer 2, source 4 and two dimensional detector 10 may be... |
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US20100160775 |
System For Non-Invasive Heart Treatment
The invention provides a non-invasive method for treatment of arrhythmia. In a first aspect, a method for treatment of atrial fibrillation in a heart of a patient comprises directing radiation... |
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US20150231413 |
SMALL BEAM AREA, MID-VOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM WITH REDUCED SKIN DOSE, REDUCED SCATTER AROUND THE TREATMENT VOLUME, AND IMPROVED OVERALL ACCURACY
A radiotherapy system comprising an X-ray tube operating at 100 to 800 kVp for providing X-ray beams of 30 mm diameter or less and configured to move the entrance beam footprint on the body during... |
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US20150092906 |
MULTIPLE IMAGING MODALITY IMAGING APPARATUS
An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging modality (1021), a second imaging modality (1022), wherein the first and second imaging modalities are in alignment with scanning zones for scanning... |
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US20110129056 |
COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND PROCESSOR FOR SELECTING ACQUISITION CONFIGURATIONS TO OBTAIN X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA
In a method to assist in the selection of an acquisition configuration from a set of adjustable acquisition configurations for the acquisition of x-ray projections of the heart of a patient with a... |
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US20150080703 |
ACCELERATED EVALUATION OF TREATMENTS TO PREVENT CLINICAL ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Systems and methods for evaluating prospective treatments for progressive brain disorders like Alzheimer's disease and the progressive effects of aging involve the use of an imaging device... |
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US20130016806 |
ADJUSTABLE SCANNER
An apparatus for dental and facial imaging including a rotatable gantry having an axis of rotation generally in the direction of local gravitational vertical; a source of penetrating radiation... |
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US20100329414 |
IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY
Radiation therapy of a lesion in a part of a patient is carried out by maintaining the patient on a patient support table in fixed position using an immobilization device while the table is... |
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US20130051517 |
MEDICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING APPARATUS
The invention relates to a medical computed tomography apparatus which includes a support construction (1) supporting a substantially ring-shaped O-arm (2), which in turn supports imaging means... |
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US20140254746 |
X-RAY CT SYSTEM
An X-ray CT system including: a rotator including an X-ray tube installed therein; a gantry, arranged on a floor part, and configured to rotatably support the rotator; a cover configured to cover... |
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US20100020919 |
FOLDABLE NUCLEAR MEDICINE GANTRY
In accordance with one aspect, imaging system (10, 190) includes a plurality of detector heads (12, 14, 80, 100, 202) and a frame (20) on which the plurality of detector heads are mounted. The... |
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US20130108007 |
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CT SINOGRAM EXTRAPOLATION
A system and method for CT sinogram extrapolation are provided. The method comprises receiving a CT projection for extrapolation. The method also comprises selecting a target patch comprising at... |
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US20110051891 |
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY EXAMINATION AND PARTICLE THERAPY TREATMENT
An operation room may comprise both an object scanning apparatus for examining an object using x-ray radiation and an irradiation component for treating an object using particle radiation. A... |
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US20110255765 |
REDUCTION AND REMOVAL OF ARTIFACTS FROM A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DENTAL X-RAY DATA SET USING SURFACE SCAN INFORMATION
A system for removing artifacts caused by x-ray reflective materials from an x-ray image of a patient's teeth. The system includes an x-ray source, an x-ray detector that captures several x-ray... |
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US20070248206 |
CT SCANNER WITH UNTRACKED MARKERS
A surgeon selects a volume of interest by placing an untracked “marker” in a patient near an area where an update is desired. During surgery, when an updated CT scan is requested, the CT scanner... |
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US20100034340 |
SINGLE SENSOR MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DENTAL EXTRA-ORAL X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
A multi-functional dental extra-oral x-ray imaging system includes a conventional x-ray source and manipulator to control the movement of the x-ray source by translating and rotating, a real time... |
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US20070280406 |
ORIENTATION IDENTIFICATION
A pair of anatomic orientation stickers may include a left-hand sticker comprising a radiopaque material forming a figure “L” and an adhesive backing attached thereto, and a right-hand sticker... |
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US20140072095 |
Confocal XRF-CT System for Mining Analysis
A correlative evaluation of a sample using an x-ray computed tomography (CT) x-ray fluorescence (XRF) system and the method for analyzing a sample using x-ray CT and XRF is disclosed. The CT/XRF... |
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US20080031408 |
QUANTIFICATION OF SINUS PROBLEMS IN A PATIENT
A CT scanner takes a three-dimensional CT image, and a right sinus cavity and a left sinus cavity of a patient are identified in the CT image. The sinus cavities can be manually or automatically... |
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US20150173692 |
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Computed tomography devices, systems, and associated methods are disclosed. The device can include a radiation source coupleable to a rotating gantry to emit radiation from an adjustable focal... |